The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) distributes more than 18 million permanent grant payments to vulnerable individuals in South Africa. In 2025, these grant beneficiaries will benefit from increased grant payment values.
Permanent grants distributed by Sassa include the Older Persons pension grant, Disability grant, War Veterans grant, Care Dependency grant, Foster Child grant, Child Support grant, Child Support grant Top-Up and Grant-in-aid.
Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana delivered his Budget Speech in March and announced grant increases for 2025. The first round of grant increases will be implemented in April, with several grants set to increase later in the year.
How Sassa Grants Will Increase In 2025
Currently, Sassa grants are:
- Older Persons Grant - R2190
- Older Persons Grant (age 75+) - R2210
- War Veterans’ Grant - R2210
- Disability Grant - R2190
- Care Dependency Grant - R2190
- Foster Child Grant - R1180
- Child Support Grant - R530
- Child Support Top-Up - R270
- Grant-In-Aid - R530
With the Sassa increase in place, Sassa grant payments for April and the coming months will be:
- Old person Grant- R2310
- Older Persons Grant (over 75) - R2330
- War Veterans grant - R2330
- Disability grant - R2310
- Foster care grant - R1250
- Care dependency grant - R2310
- Child support grant - R560
- Child support grant top-up - R280
- The grant-in-aid - R560
Several grants will be increased again in October 2025. These grants will increase by R10.
- Old Age grant - R2320
- Old Age grant (over 75) - R2340
- War Veterans grant - R2340
- Disability grant - R2320
- Care dependency grant - R2320
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