The Budget Speech 2025 on Wednesday, 12 March, will reveal if the over 28 million South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries will get SASSA grant will increase and the way a lot.
While ready for this to be revealed, it will be attention-grabbing to understand how grant quantities have modified through the years. So let’s see how the varied SASSA grants have elevated over the previous 5 years.
SASSA GRANT INCREASES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS
The upcoming Budget Speech 2025 will announce the doable SASSA grant will increase for the 2025/2026 monetary 12 months. But allow us to have a look at the modifications in grant quantities from April 2020 to March 2025. Here are the quantities under.
APRIL 2020 – MARCH 2021
- Older individuals: R1 860 (+R20 if 75 and older)
- Disability: R1 860
- Child assist: R445
- Foster little one: R1 040
- Care dependency: R1 860
- War veteran’s: R1 880
- Grant-in-aid: R445
- SRD: R350
SASSA GRANT INCREASES FROM APRIL 2021 – MARCH 2022
- Older individuals: R1 890 (+R20 if 75 and older)
- Disability: R1 890
- Child assist: R460
- Foster little one: R1 050
- Care dependency: R1 890
- War veteran’s: R1 890 (+R20)
- Grant-in-aid: R460
- SRD: R350
APRIL 2022 – MARCH 2023
- Older individuals: R1 980 (+R20 if 75 and older)
- Disability: R1 980
- Child assist: R480
- Child assist (Top-Up): R480 + R240
- Foster little one: R1 070
- Care dependency: R1 980
- War veteran’s: R1 980 (+R20)
- Grant-in-aid: R480
- SRD: R350
In October 2022, Older individuals, Disability, Care Dependency and War veteran’s SASSA grants elevated by R10, going as much as R1 990.
WILL THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR SEE BIGGER SASSA GRANT INCREASES LIKE APRIL 2023 – MARCH 2024?
The greatest rise in grants was in 2023 and 2024. Amounts went up by as much as R100 for some beneficiaries, whereas others noticed theirs being raised by between R20 and R50.
- Older individuals: R2 080 (+R20 if 75 and older)
- Disability: R2 080
- Child assist: R500
- Child assist (Top-Up): R500 + R250
- Foster little one: R1 120
- Care dependency: R2 080
- War veteran’s: R2 080 (+R20)
- Grant-in-aid: R500
- SRD: R350
Some beneficiaries noticed an extra R10 added to their grants in October 2023 and 2024. This means SASSA recipients might anticipate a increase in October with quantities presumably being introduced in the course of the Budget Speech 2025.
APRIL 2024 – MARCH 2025
- Older individuals: R2 180 (+R20 if 75 and older)
- Disability: R2 180
- Child assist: R530
- Child assist (Top-Up): R530 + 260
- Foster little one: R1 180
- Care dependency: R2 180
- War veteran’s: R2 180 (+R20)
- Grant-in-aid: R530
- SRD: R370
In the last financial year, October 2024 noticed Older individuals, Disability, Care dependency and War veteran’s SASSA grants enhance to R2 190. Child assist (Top-Up) was R530 + R270.
WHAT ARE YOUR PREDICTIONS REGARDING SASSA GRANTS IN THE BUDGET SPEECH 2025?
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