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President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday, the 9^th of February 2023 at 7 pm.

In the address, he mentioned that there will be an increase to the existing social grants which include the SASSA child support grant, disability grant, and the elderly grant in an effort to mitigate the effects of rising inflation on the poor.

This pledge is set to be outlined in the upcoming budget speech by the Minister of Finance.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) acknowledges the challenges faced by social grants recipients in replacing their expired SASSA gold cards and has issued an apology for the inconvenience caused.

SASSA has introduced a better and easy way for asylum seekers to access their R350 grant. They recently announced that Asylum seekers can now obtain a SASSA system-generated number from the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) website at https://srd.sassa.gov.za/.

The Civil Society organisation #PayTheGrant calls out the South African Social Security and the Department of Social Development for their continued failure to maintain consistency in paying up the R350 Social Relief of Distress to the beneficiaries in time.

We are in mid-August, and it is said that some beneficiaries haven’t received their grant payment for the month and worse some are waiting for their application status to be updated as it still reflects as “pending”.

The Payment Association of South Africa (PASA) has recently announced that the validity of expired SASSA/Postbank gold cards has been extended until 31 December 2023, according to the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).

This decision is expected to bring great relief to social grant recipients who were concerned about their card’s validity.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has been processing applications for the reconsideration of the Covid-19 Social Relief Distress Grant of R350.

They have been having a backlog that has affected the smooth running of the process and a delay in the issuing of payments.

Beneficiaries of the R350 SRD grant can continue receiving it without needing to reapply.

In this article, we guide you through the simple steps to check your SASSA SRD R350 grant status using the Moya App.

If you receive the R350 SRD grant, you might be interested in learning how to check the balance of your…

The new grant increases are expected to help recipients cope with rising costs of living, including inflation and the increasing prices of basic goods and services.