Latest news about SASSA Grants Today 6th May 2023.
In today’s latest SASSA news, the Department of Social Development (DSD) has estimated the payment to be worth R350 per month, an increase despite calls for the increase to protect the poor from inflation. is not done.
Latest news about SASSA Grants Today 6th May 2023
This is a time when families are having to make tough decisions as the cost of living rises due to rising food and gas prices.
Despite Social Development’s gratitude for extending the grant until March 2024, it’s still only worth R350 and will only be temporary.
The Department of Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said the government’s attempt to increase the value of the SRD grant was unsuccessful. They explained that this was due to fiscal constraints.
The Minister stated that no decisions have yet been made on the future of the grant or what will replace the SRD grant when the current arrangement expires.
Since the grant was introduced in 2020, the Department of Social Development (DSD) is concerned that its value hasn’t increased. Inflation has decreased the buying power of R350.
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Department of Social Development has announced that it is looking into ways to implement a more permanent intervention to help people of working age.
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