The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana has formally announced that the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will enhance the Social Aid of Distress (SRD) grant.
Having said that, civil society organisations have mentioned that the increase declared will not be ample, soon after months of calling for an SRD grant maximize.
Godongwana introduced that the R350 grant will be greater from 1 April 2024 by R20, or five.7%, rendering it R370 each month.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the SRD grant, which has check here been a lifeline for about nine million men and women each month, has had a favourable affect and which the extension and improvement stand for the government's upcoming stage toward bolstering earnings guidance for the unemployed.