As of 1 April, the old age grant, war veterans grant and care dependency grant will increase by R130, pushing the monthly ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has given social grants a big boost in 2025—and says government is laying the groundwork ...

The minister and SASSA are appealing the order of the Gauteng High Court, declaring the 2023 regulations governing the ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana reveals significant increases in social grants for 2025/26, including adjustments to old ...

Every month, about 80,000 new people apply for the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, adding to approximately 9-million people already receiving this grant. This is according to South ...

Civil society organisations have criticised Enoch Godongwana for his comments about cutting the Social Relief of Distress ...

All social grants, barring the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, are expected to increase from April this year.

Advocacy group Black Sash has accused Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana of "using" the SRD grant as leverage to gain ...

The future form of the grant will be informed by the outcome of a review, expected to be completed in September,' says ...

The 2025 Budget revealed that South Africa’s 7.9 million personal income taxpayers fund 28 million grant recipients. Finance ...

The current inflation rate is 3.2%. The higher-than-inflation social grant increases are intended to help cushion grant ...