Budget 2026: Social grants increase, Sassa ups fraud checks:
South Africa’s social grant system sees increased funding, while Sassa is intensifying fraud checks ...
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The Citizen May 27
Sassa June grants to be paid on these dates next week: Here's when you can collect your grant and how much you will get.
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SASSA's biometric verification leads to suspension of 68,000 grants: SASSA's biometric verification drive has processed nearly one million beneficiaries since ...
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Sassa verifications should not compromise deserving beneficiaries, says Masango: Screening must not affect beneficiaries, says social development portfolio ...
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SASSA payment dates for June 2026: What you need to know: SASSA has confirmed the payment dates for social grants in June 2026, ensuring beneficiaries are ...
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Govt saved millions through grant cancellations, says Godongwana: Increased verification by Sassa results in thousands of grants flagged and reviewed
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SA’s social grant support fails to keep pace: The Universal Basic Income Coalition says the 2026 Budget’s modest social grant increases and stricter compliance ...
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Social Grants get R292.8bn boost: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed increases to social grants, including old-age, disability and child support ...
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BUDGET 2026 | Poor to still get R370 grant: Treasury increases all other welfare grants in line with inflation
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What happens to your biometric data after SASSA collects it?: With over nine million South Africans relying on the R370 Social Relief of Distress grant ...
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Sassa resolves payment issues affecting 15,000 beneficiaries: Sassa said the problem has since been resolved and that all payments were now accessible.
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The Citizen Oct 01 25
Pay day: grants to be paid out this week: Sassa has urged beneficiaries not to pay anyone for services related to social grants, warning that any request for ...
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Sassa SRD grant approved but not paid? Here's why: Sassa has urged SRD grant beneficiaries who have been approved but have not received their grant to verify ...
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Social grant recipients battle to keep up with rising prices: The Social Relief of Distress grant has not kept up with increasing food prices ...
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Your grant, your fingerprint: Sassa turns to biometrics to stop fraudsters: Sassa announces mandatory biometric enrolment for social grants starting September 1 ...
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Sassa warns beneficiaries: Submit documents or risk losing your social grant: The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) is urging grant recipients flagged ...
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Welfare algorithm is excluding too many of SA’s poor, activists argue: From Britain to Togo, algorithms are being used to help distribute social grants and ...
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Born free, blocked by the system: Despite over four million young South Africans relying on the R370 Social Relief of Distress grant ...
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What Sassa beneficiaries need to know about payment dates in June 2025: As fake news circulates, Sassa beneficiaries can find clarity on the June 2025 ...
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