Sassa SRD grant: Government ‘simply cannot afford to do more’, court told
The finance minister, Social Development minister and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) appeared before the Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday to appeal a judgment of the Gauteng High Court in January 2025 that some of the Sassa regulations limit access to the R370 social relief of distress (SRD) grant, and are therefore unconstitutional and invalid.“The definition of social grant does not include social relief from distress, and whereas the social grants as defined are prescribed in Sections 6 to 12 of the Act, social relief from distress is regulated by Section 13,which leaves it to the Minister to prescribe by regulation.”The High Court agreed, declaring that the “income” in the regulation means money received on a regular basis from formal or informal employment, business activities or investments.
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