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#BudgetSpeech2026: SRD grant unchanged, other Sassa social grants see hike

Health & Social Welfare

#BudgetSpeech2026: SRD grant unchanged, other Sassa social grants see hike

25 Feb 2026

Covid-19 SRD grant amendments open for public comment

Health & Social Welfare

Covid-19 SRD grant amendments open for public comment

18 Feb 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Social media reports of Sassa's SRD grant termination rubbished

15 Jan 2026

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Health & Social Welfare

Finance Minister extends Sassa’s R370 Covid-19 SRD grant

13 Nov 2025

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Health & Social Welfare

Sassa calls for accurate info in new SRD applications

7 Nov 2025

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Health & Social Welfare

Sassa's record year: Serving over 28 million people in 2024/2025

10 Oct 2025

Image source: Yuri Minaev –

Health & Social Welfare

#Budget3.0: Social grant increases remain in place

22 May 2025

Is a VAT rate increase to 17% justifiable?

Taxation & Regulation

Is a VAT rate increase to 17% justifiable?

Issued by SAICA 11 Mar 2025

The South African Social Security Agency is to suspend payment of Social Relief of Distress grants where fraud is suspected. Archive photo: Barbara Maregele / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa to suspend SRD grants where fraud is suspected

Marecia Damons 22 Jan 2025

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana had some tough love for the SOEs

Mining

#BudgetSpeech2024: Mining industry’s struggle amid economic challenges

22 Feb 2024

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Health & Social Welfare

#BudgetSpeech2024: Social grants to increase in 2024

21 Feb 2024

#MTBPS: Social Relief of Distress grant extended to March 2024

Health & Social Welfare

#MTBPS: Social Relief of Distress grant extended to March 2024

27 Oct 2022

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Retailers

Pepkor store expansion plan on track despite tough operating environment

31 May 2022

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

25 Jan 2022

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

Health & Social Welfare

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

12 Nov 2021

Carmen Nel, economist and macro strategist, Matrix Fund Managers

Economy

The real impact of the unrest on SA's economy

Carmen Nel 27 Jul 2021

Informal traders urged to apply for grant

Informal Retailing

Informal traders urged to apply for grant

23 Nov 2020

SA's Covid-19 hunger relief efforts are working: why they must continue

Food, Water & Energy Security

SA's Covid-19 hunger relief efforts are working: why they must continue

Leila Patel 15 Oct 2020

Covid-19 has made inequality worse, researchers find

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Covid-19 has made inequality worse, researchers find

Justin Brown 1 Oct 2020

High Court rules SRD grant should be available to asylum seekers, special permit holders

Human Rights Law

High Court rules SRD grant should be available to asylum seekers, special permit holders

Dibuseng Motlokoa and Laura Macfarlane 24 Jun 2020

South Africa has raised social grants: Why this shouldn't be a stop-gap measure

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

South Africa has raised social grants: Why this shouldn't be a stop-gap measure

Christopher Webb and Natasha Vally 11 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: There are opportunities in every crisis - Salesian Life Choices' Sofia Neves

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

#LockdownLessons: There are opportunities in every crisis - Salesian Life Choices' Sofia Neves

Sindy Peters 7 May 2020