When The South African shared SASSA's warning about the R370 Social Relief of Distress payment, readers had a lot to say.

The government is promising a new Basic Income Support grant to replace the R370 SRD grant, but has not yet confirmed with ...

Professor Michael le Cordeur is Emeritus Professor of Education at Stellenbosch University and chair of the Foundation for Empowerment through Afrikaans. I was only 11 years old and in Standard 4 ...

Early on Black Friday morning, the Checkers store in George was already abuzz with shoppers searching for discounts. Among them was 52-year-old Willem Witbooi, who has been getting the Social Relief ...

For the 8.7 million people who have to survive on a Sassa SRD grant, the only gift they want is for their family to go to bed on a full tummy. For people who have a job and earn a decent salary, R370 ...

The SRD R370 grant was introduced in 2020 as a temporary emergency measure in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Its value was increased from R350 to R370 in April 2024. ENTER | WIN R2 000 in The ...

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria is set to hear a case next month brought by #PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), challenging regulations to the R370 Social Relief of Distress ...

When Wendy Komape won R2 000 from a survey, she did not celebrate. She made a list. Her story exposes how short the SRD grant really goes.

The minister extended the grant to March 2026 in May’s budget speech. The R370 grant was first introduced at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when most South Africans were unemployed. While the ...

CAPE TOWN – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is calling on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to increase the R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant and adjust it for inflation.