The South African Social Security Agency will hope that SASSA February 2025 Old-Age Grant payments go off smoother than they did last month. In fact, the start to 2025 has been rather forgettable for Minister Tolashe and acting CEO Matlou. With just seven weeks to go to the highly anticipated announcement of grant increases for … Read more
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
Every day the South African Social Security Agency relies on a remarkable piece of information technology (IT) that’s more than 40-years old. The Social Pension Programme – or SOCPEN as it is known – has stood the test of time and still reliably delivers SASSA grants in 2025. Even if it’s on a much, much larger scale … Read more
Sadly, for SASSA grant increases in 2025, no news is bad news from the South African Social Security Agency. We’re already into the third week of the year, and there’s still no word on SASSA grant increases in 2025. This is despite the fact that increases in April 2025 are a mere ten-weeks away. If … Read more
Before we get to February 2025 SASSA Old-Age Grants, let’s quickly run through the latest South African Social Security Agency news. Somewhat frustratingly, the agency is yet to announce its grant increase amounts to come into effect in April 2025, even though we are will into the New Year. Late in October 2024, Finance Minister Enoch … Read more
This week the agency released details about Christmas SRD payments in 2024, and we have the final pay dates of the year for you. Established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is disbursed by the South African Social Security Agency and goes exclusively to those with financial means … 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
Before we get to January 2025 SASSA Old-Age Grants, let’s quickly run through the eligibility requirements for Older Persons in the New Year. As we’ve already reported this month, the South African Social Security Agency is entrusted to protect all vulnerable residents over the age of 60 who no longer have the financial means to support … Read more
Early retirement for South African civil servants is how government plans to streamline its workforce and tackle the mounting public wage bill. The concern, however, is that by encouraging early retirement for South African civil servants, service delivery may be compromised, reports Business Tech. The normal retirement age for civil servants in South Africa is between … Read more
