SASSA has released the August 2025 grant payment dates, confirmed current grant amounts, and outlined how beneficiaries can ...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Themba Matlou, is on Monday expected to brief the media on the social grants review process ...

The Department of Social Development is investigating claims of problems with disability grant applications, Minister Sisisi Tolashe told a meeting in Khayelitsha, Cape Town on Tuesday.

For much of the post-pandemic period, the conversation around returning to the office has focused heavily on resistance, ...

She said Sassa in KZN was urging affected social grant beneficiaries to present themselves for grant reviews scheduled for the 2025/26 financial year.

SASSA has released the grant payment schedule for July 2025, detailing payment dates for older persons, disability, and children's grants, along with information on the Covid-19 SRD grant.

SASSA has released the July 2025 grant payment dates and confirmed continued SRD payments, updated grant amounts, and access restrictions tied to the new Postbank Black Card.

For the SRD grant, people’s eligibility is reassessed on a month-to-month basis (a highly problematic methodology), and the grant is paid only in the months they are deemed eligible.

Earlier this month, Sassa began biometric verification for grant beneficiaries using alternative forms of identification other than the standard 13-digit South African ID number.

Godongwana said the government is 'actively exploring various options to better integrate' the SRD grant with employment opportunities.

The South African government is looking at ways to better integrate the Social Relief of Distress Grant with employment opportunities.

WATCH Fikile Mbalula speaking about the SRD grant [WATCH] The SASSA SRD grant will be converted into a basic income grant so that young people can have assistance for their basic needs.