Sassa SRD Grant Has Enhanced To R370

Sassa SRD Grant Has Enhanced To R370

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The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana has officially announced the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will raise the Social Aid of Distress (SRD) grant.

Having said that, civil society organisations have said that the rise introduced will not be more than enough, after months of contacting for an SRD grant maximize.

Godongwana introduced that the R350 grant will likely be improved from one here April 2024 by R20, or 5.seven%, which makes it R370 per month.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has claimed that the SRD grant, that has been a lifeline for approximately 9 million people today every month, has experienced a positive impression and that the extension and enhancement stand for the government's upcoming step in direction of bolstering money help with the unemployed.