The Department of Social Development and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) have urged the public to be aware of fake websites and links for applications for Covid-19 Social Relief of ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed during the State of the Nation Address (Sona) that the special Covid-19 SRD grant (social relief of distress grant) will be extended. Government first introduced ...

THE SOUTH African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has released its payment schedule for October 2025, with millions of South Africans set to receive their grants in the first week of the ...

First-year students Joel Cedras and Veer Gosai uncovered major flaws in the R370 social relief of distress grant system run by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). IT students Veer Gosai ...

The grant is available to people who get less than R625 per month, with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) conducting monthly checks on applicants’ bank accounts to ensure they continue ...

Questions about income could be removed. The Department of Social Development is proposing changes to the Social Assistance Act, including removing questions about the income of applicants for the ...

The South African government is investigating alleged “vulnerabilities” in the application processes and IT systems used by South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) for the payment of social ...

The Department of Social Development proposes removing questions about income from the Social Relief of Distress grant applications. Advocacy groups #PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic ...

Cape Town - Recently released key findings from a survey launched by civil society movement Amandla.Mobi in October on the R350 SRD grants applications has shown the need for Sassa’s urgent ...