Sassa SRD Grant Has Increased To R370

The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana has formally introduced the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will increase the Social Aid of Distress (SRD) grant.

Nonetheless, civil society organisations have claimed that the increase announced is just not ample, just after months of contacting for an SRD grant increase.

Godongwana announced that more info the R350 grant is going to be amplified from one April 2024 by R20, or 5.seven%, which makes it R370 monthly.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the SRD grant, that has been a lifeline for about nine million folks each month, has had a favourable influence and the extension and advancement symbolize  the government's subsequent action in the direction of bolstering cash flow support for your unemployed.