Older persons will be paid first on Friday, 2 October, followed by disability and children’s grants early the next week. Here’s everything beneficiaries need to know.

SASSA has confirmed that COVID-19 SRD grant payments for September 2026 will be made on September 23 and 25, as millions of beneficiaries continue to rely on the social assistance programme.

Beneficiaries wait anxiously for October 2026 SASSA Grant top-ups, with its fate tied to an event taking place after the next payment run ...

Millions of South African social grant beneficiaries will have to wait until after the first weekend of October before receiving their SASSA grants.

SASSA reminds beneficiaries that all its services are provided free of charge. File image. South Africans who rely on social grants can now plan, as the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) ...

SASSA beneficiaries now have confirmed payment dates for the final three months of 2026. Diarise these dates now ...

South Africa, 22nd Aug 2024, - The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offers a variety of grants to eligible citizens, including the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. If you've applied ...

The government has warned that expanding the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, as ordered by the high court, could cost the state up to R139 billion a year. On Tuesday, the Department of Social ...

In the Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday, government defended the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant regulations, which the High Court in Pretoria had found to be unconstitutional. The National ...

The future of the R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is back in the spotlight as the government challenges a High Court ruling that found the grant to be a permanent feature under the Social ...