Millions of people rely on the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to purchase basic goods and access basic services ...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has outlined a clear process for beneficiaries who wish to receive their R370 SRD grant through TymeBank. SASSA encouraged beneficiaries to ensure that ...

SASSA announces a R10 increase in social grants from October 2025 with confirmed payment dates for all beneficiaries.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has responded to recent media reports that wrongly claimed 17 million applications were submitted in September 2024 for the COVID-19 Social Relief of ...

The investigation into fraud in Sassa’s SRD grant application system has failed to answer critical questions. A month ago Stellenbosch University students Veer Gosai and Joel Cedras explained to ...

SASSA has confirmed the payment dates for the COVID-19 SRD grant in September 2025. Beneficiaries must ensure their banking details are up to date to avoid payment delays.

The SA Social Security Agency has announced that there will be a small increase in the major social grants that will apply ...

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has warned that the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant payments will be suspended for accounts suspected of fraudulent activities. “After ...

SASSA has committed to eliminating fraudulent SRD grant applications. We checked SASSA's commitment by analysing a sample of 2,405 fraudulent applications. We found that SASSA has made good progress ...

Two first-year Computer Science students from Stellenbosch University, Joel Cedras and Veer Gosai, have uncovered serious flaws in the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant system run by the South ...

We are two first-year computer science students at Stellenbosch University. We have been looking for vulnerabilities in government as well as private-sector systems. We do this completely legally, by ...