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Here’s A Breakdown Of The Upcoming Sassa Grant Increases

We are pleased to inform you about Here’s A Breakdown Of The Upcoming Sassa Grant Increases

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) distributes more than 18 million permanent grants every month. The monetary value of these Sassa grants will increase from 1 April 2023.

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Permanent grants distributed by Sassa include the Older Persons grant, War Veterans grant, Disability grant, Foster Child grant, Care Dependency grant, Child Support Grant, Top-up Child Support grant and the Grant in Aid.

The amount of money received by grant beneficiaries will increase again in October 2023 except for the Child Support Top-up grant.

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Here’s A Breakdown Of The Upcoming Sassa Grant Increases

Grant Type  Current amount received by beneficiaries Increase from 1 April 2023  Grant payment received by beneficiary from April 2023  Amount increase from 1 October 2023  Grant payment received by beneficiaries from 1 October 2023 
Old Age Grant (below 75 years old) R1,990 +R90 R2080 +R10 R2090
Old Age Grant (above 75 years old) R2,010 +R90 R2100 +10 R2110
War Veterans Grant R2,010 +R90 R2100 +10 R2110
Disability Grant R1,990 +R90 R2080 +R10 R2090
Foster Child Grant R1070 +R50 R1120 +R10 R1130
Care Dependency Grant R1,990 +R90 R2080 +R10 R2090
Child  Support Grant R480 +R20 R500 +R10 R510
Child Support Grant Top-Up R240 +R10 R250 0 R250
Grant in Aid R480 +R20 R500 +R10 R510

These grant increases were announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during the Budget Speech in February.

Godongwana revealed that spending on child support grants and old age grants received the largest proportion of government spending. This is as the state anticipates the growth of beneficiaries over the next three years.

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The minister added that spending on social grants will increase from R233 billion in 2022/23 to R248.4 billion in 2025/26 due to increases in the number of beneficiaries and the value of the grants.

 

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