Caution urged over SASSA grant increase misinformation
· The South African
The agency has warned beneficiaries about SASSA grant increase misinformation that’s circulating across social media. As social welfare grants inch ever closer to their mid-cycle increase in October 2026, the internet is awash with fake news about what these will be.
In a release on its social media channels, the agency highlighted a flyer doing the rounds on TikTok.
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The aforementioned claims through SASSA grant increase misinformation that Old-Age Grants will grow to R5 000 per month.
Likewise, that Disability will become R4 800, Child Support R3 000 and all other grants R1 500.
SASSA GRANT INCREASE MISINFORMATION
As such, the South African Social Security Agency warns that such blatantly misleading content is not a victimless pursuit.
It has real impact on millions of poorly beneficiaries. That is why you should only follow trusted sources like The South African for all accurate and verified social grant news.
Disruption around the Department of Social Development (DSD) and its new minister Dina Pule has seen a rise in fake news of late.
Likewise, SASSA grant recipients often exist in an echo chamber on social media.
They only receive posts all about negative news, grants being too small, and fraud and corruption rife at the department. It is these digital environments that allow SASSA grant increase misinformation to spread quickly …
WHAT COULD POTENTIAL OCTOBER 2026 INCREASES BE?
Stay ahead of SASSA grant increase misinformation. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Image: FileNevertheless, there is warranted talk around what October 2026 SASSA grant increases could look like.
In years gone by they’ve often amounted to little more than R10 per grant. But 2026 is shaping up a little differently …
The portfolio committee for social welfare recently heard something startling in parliament.
It was revealed that R4.8 billion was underspent last year on social grants.
That is a massive amount, especially when SASSA is trying to claw back millions through targeted grant reviews. And grant recipients are struggling to make it to the end of the month in the face a rampant consumer inflation.
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