Amidst frozen accounts and controversial High Court rulings, SASSA February 2025 Children’s Grants (three in total) will go ahead as usual next month. The three childcare grants offered by the South African Social Security Agency are Child Support, Foster Child and Care Dependency. In fact, government’s ‘core’ SASSA February 2025 Children’s Grants cost the taxpayer … Read more
It might sound strange to hear that SASSA celebrates matriculants from the 2024 class. I mean, why would the South African Social Security Agency, the distributor of social welfare to nearly 45% of the local population, care about matriculants? Well, as part of Minister Tolashe’s charm offensive at a manager’s session this week, she took time … Read more
Just three-and-a-bit weeks’ away from the next payment date, all SASSA Childcare Grants for January 2025 (there are three in total) are controlled by the South African Social Security Agency. Each month, millions in taxpayer money is set aside by the Department of Social Development (DSD) to help financially distressed families with minors to care … Read more
Disbursement of the December 2024 SASSA Children’s grant is controlled by the South African Social Security Agency. Each month, taxpayer money is set aside to help financially distressed families with minors to help care for their loved ones. If you are unfamiliar with how the December 2024 SASSA Children’s grant system works, you should know … Read more
Looking ahead to the upcoming 2024 SASSA festive season grants, it’s business as usual for South Africa’s millions of beneficiaries. The South African Social Security Agency confirmed its November 2024 disbursement dates earlier this month. Likewise, following the finance minister’s Mid-Term Budget Statement (MTBS), we’ve extrapolated what the likely SASSA grant increases for 2025 will be. Nevertheless, … Read more
Is SASSA acting unconstitutionally regarding the increased denial rate for South Africa Social Security Agency grants? Well, two social justice organisations, #PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), believe so. And they will pose the question of SASSA acting unconstitutionally on Tuesday 29 October 2024 to the Pretoria High Court, reports GroundUp. Their application … Read more
Through SASSA Children’s grants for August 2024, the South African Social Security Agency is helping financially distressed families care for their children. SASSA Children’s grants for August 2024 are part of the purview of the Department of Social Development, which has just been appointed a new Minister and deputy. Encouragingly, Minister Sisisi Tolashe has a background … Read more
SASSA social grant recipients have just received their May 2024 payments for Older Persons, Childcare and Disability. But did you know that of the 28-million grant beneficiaries in South Africa, roughly one third (9 million) have a way of multiplying their monthly income? This is the assertion of The Conversation, who has conducted quantitative research … Read more
The Democratic Alliance inspects SASSA offices this week in a bid to understand long queues and general complaints about the agency. The opposition party conducted oversight of SASSA offices all around South Africa and reiterated its commitment to improving social welfare should it come to power. As reported by The Citizen, DA shadow minister for … Read more
Beneficiaries have expressed anxiety over what will happen if they lose May 2024 SASSA Child Support grants. The South African Social Security Agency is set to disburse all childcare payments next week on Tuesday 7 May 2024. These include Child Support, Care Dependency and Foster Child, plus the Top-Up scheme for orphaned children we reported … Read more
