Earlier this year at SONA, President Cyril Ramaphosa called for an expanded SRD grant in 2025 to create a more sustainable source of income for the country’s poor. Over the years, SASSA Social ...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) SRD grant status determines whether beneficiaries receive payments each ...

As reported by the Sunday Times, Godongwana confirmed that a VAT hike would not be made if the SRD grant was scaled down. “If you allowed me to cut the SRD, I wouldn’t increase anything.

JOHANNESBURG – Advocacy groups say they are confident in their social relief distress (SRD) grant case against the State. This week, the High Court in Pretoria granted Social Development ...

Advocacy group Black Sash has accused Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana of "using" the SRD grant as leverage to gain acceptance for a VAT hike. This follows Godongwana's statement that there would ...

The social development department said implementing some of the court's directives regarding the Sassa SRD grant would pose significant challenges. SRD grant case: Treasury and the Department of ...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has stated that no tax increase will be necessary if the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is canned ahead of next week’s budget speech.