Godongwana increases the R350 social media grant

The Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, also known as the R350 grant, is set to increase to R370 starting in April this year. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana made this announcement in the National Assembly on Wednesday.“His Excellency, the President, in his State of the Nation Address, said that the [SRD grant] is going to continue, and the R350 will be improved.

My colleague, the Minister of Social Development, is going to publish for comments a comprehensive social security programme and that… will define a better platform and a future for the social security net in South Africa.“I am pleased to say that we have found consensus that in between, subject to the finalisation of the comprehensive social security [programme], we’ll increase the R350 to R370 by the 1st of April this year.

That is part of the progressive realisation of the basic rights of our people,” he said.In the Budget Speech delivered in February, Godongwana had announced that social grants across the board are set to increase over the course of 2024.

The increases to be implemented during this year are as follows:An increase of R100 to the old age, war veterans, disability and care dependency grants. This amount will be divided into R90 effective from April, and R10 effective October; A R50 increase to the foster care grant; and A R20 increase to the child support grant.

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