SASSA has confirmed when COVID-19 SRD grant beneficiaries will receive their money this month, and there is a new way to ...

Beneficiaries of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) can expect to receive their grants during the first week of ...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has confirmed the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant payment dates for May 2026. Payments will be made in two batches, from May 21 to 22 ...

Thousands of SRD beneficiaries risk losing their R370 payment after SASSA warns that failed banking details trigger automatic suspension.

The South African Social Security Agency’s R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRG) Grant has become a lifeline for millions of unemployed South Africans. While SASSA has confirmed current beneficiaries ...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has said that no fraudulent application will pass its scrutiny, now urging all applicants for COVID-19 SRD grants to use the cell phone numbers ...

Managed by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), the Department of Social Development‘s Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant has been assisting about eight million eligible South Africans ...

Two first year computer science students at Stellenbosch University claim to have discovered massive flaws in SASSA’s Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant system. When looking at the system they saw ...

Sassa has announced the suspension of the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to beneficiaries suspected of fraud. Such beneficiaries are expected to verify their identities on Sassa’s ...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) branch in Mpumalanga says it has begun automatically cancelling any R370 COVID-19 SRD grant payments it flags as fraudulent. Last year the agency ...

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) expects to save more than R341-million in the next financial year after thousands of social grants were ended following recent eligibility reviews. On ...

The South African Social Security Agency's IT system vulnerabilities to fraud have been confirmed, yet the agency still hasn’t formed an action plan to address the chaos. Vulnerabilities in Sassa’s IT ...