Sassa SRD Grant Has Improved To R370

Sassa SRD Grant Has Improved To R370

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The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana has formally declared the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will improve the Social Reduction of Distress (SRD) grant.

However, civil society organisations have reported that the increase declared is just not more than enough, right after months of calling for an SRD grant enhance.

Godongwana introduced that the R350 grant will probably be elevated from one April 2024 by R20, or five.seven%, which makes it R370 monthly.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated which the SRD grant, that has been a lifeline for about nine million individuals each month, has experienced a favourable influence and the extension and advancement signify the government's following move in the direction of bolstering SRD Grant cash flow aid for the unemployed.