SASSA confirms December 2025 grant schedule, with R370 SRD payments starting from 5 December. Beneficiaries should verify ...

Millions of people are set to receive social grant payments in December 2025. The grant payment agency has begun payments, ...

The R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant provides essential support to South Africans who are unemployed or facing ...

SASSA’s new 90-day plan updates verification rules, payment schedules, and compliance requirements affecting all grants from 10 December.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says security measures in the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) system have been improved to protect the information of grant recipients and ...

The R370 social relief of distress (SRD) grant has been extended for another year – until March 2027. While there is temptation to fall to cynicism – it was meant to end in March 2026, and with local ...

The agency has identified a host of shortcomings in its SRD application system, most of which it says it’s now been able to fix. A South African Social Security Agency office in Pretoria. Picture: ...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it’s whittling down the number of identity fraud cases as it attempts to root out corruption of the R370 social relief of distress (SRD) grant.