According to the budget discussed in the parliament on Wednesday, the Battle Grant “Pandemic” social assistance will be suspended. Graphic: Lisa Nelson
- Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said the 4-month-old monthly social relief will be extended until the end of March 2026.
- However, it is expected to be suspended in that form.
- The new conditions for other grants are appointed by the National Treasury will require the South African Social Security Agency (SSSA), the State Rent and Government Database Inspections to check monthly revenues.
- Sassa should report how many grants were abolished in the quarterly and how much money is stored.
- The universal main revenue coalition warned that the changes may cause millions of grants.
On Wednesday, the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana said that the 4-month-old premises (SRD) grant will be extended by the end of 2026.
What will happen next.
“The government is actively investigated to integrate this grant better with employment opportunities,” said Godongwana to Parliament. “This includes reviewing business seekers and other events within the review of active labor market programs.”
“Our goal is to provide immediate relaxation. It is also to create a better futures for our citizens to build better futures and better futures for their families,” he said.
No money was put in social development budget 2025/26 For this grant in fiscal year.
The Department of Social Development (DSD) has been added to R285 billion quarters for social grants in 2025/26. This includes money for growth in grants declared in April. But in the region in 2026/27, the separation for “the suspension of the custody of distress for Covid-19 pandemic” and to finance other state priorities. “
“About 45% of the population of South Africa says social grants or a large source of income, including children’s support grants and 4.3 million grants, including 4.3 million grants.”
“Pandemic relief financing is expected to be expected to be expected to reduce the total number of beneficiaries of social assistance between 25.7 million and 25.3 million in 2027/28 and 25-25.”
Measures will be taken to make sure the treasury is “spending resistant”.
“Sassa has been transferred to the transfer of Sassa to the operating budget, for example, biometric and income verification.
Baduza, a researcher at the Institute of Economic Justice, said the grant will be announced. “The exclusion of the main budget is a repetitive example for years. It has been updated over a year in just one year, despite the temporary allocations for the treasury, financial grant, it seemed to end.
From a great concern, he said, “The value of the grant did not increase. He said that the grant was worth less than the R350 in 2020 in the R370, “Only in the price of 2020, only R293.
Baduza can only decide that the Cabinet and Social Development Department will end the grant, and both will continue and said that the main income will come.
SRD Grant criticized his plan to turn to the job seeker. “The placement of job seekers would be expensive and ineffective.”
He said high unemployment structure and “people do not work hard to find jobs.”
“It would force people to look for no existent job.”
Killed checks
Sassa spokesman Paseca Letsatsi, the agency began to implement new conditions established by the Treasury. According to him, these conditions will be carried out in the phases in the phases in the stages of “balancing them with resources in our local offices.”
One briefing In April, Sassa, Sassa not only for SSA grant, but not for the dependence of old age, disability and care, but the applicants should have monthly checks in bank accounts.
In January, the Gauteng Supreme Court in Pretoria controller The excluding many applicants, some of these measures are illegal and complied with the constitution. Have since DSD and Treasury the verdict protested.
New conditions, Sassa’s homework, correctional services and unemployment services, among others, are required to check for compulsory data for grant applicants.
Started Sassa at the beginning of this month biometric approval For the beneficiaries of the grant to use alternative identity forms from the standard 13-digit South African ID. These inspections will be already increased.
In order to implement the income check, Sassa is expected to explain information exchange agreements with SASSA SARS and National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), including children’s support, aging, disability and care grants.
Sassa is expected to be reported in the quarter quarterly the quarterly the number of new events, including new events, including, canceled, canceled, and the number of deposits for grant.
Civil society teams increased concerns that new requirements may lead to a mass exception. Universal Key Revenue Coalition (UBIC) warned that these requirements are the risk of creating a “exclusion of the system” that can cut the sensitive people from entering grants.
Ubic, the authority of the Treasury, the authority of the policy, and said: “This is undemocratic. This is not a national treasury official to dictate the path of social development.”
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