R248bn set aside for Sassa beneficiaries, says Lindiwe Zulu
The Department of Social Development plans to spend R248 billion of its budget during the 2022/23 financial year South African Social Security Agency beneficiaries.
This include the R44 billion that has been allocated to pay for the extension of the R350 Covid-19 social relief of distress grant.
Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu tabled a R257 billion budget in Parliament on Friday.
Zulu told MPs that more than 18 million people will benefit from the R248 billion allocated to Sassa.
The R44 billion allocated to the R350 grant will be distributed to 10.5 million South Africans every month.
"Sassa will continue to provide temporary reprieve to individuals and families who are experiencing temporary distress — such as those they assisted during the recent floods in the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces — in order to meet their basics needs whilst they are addressing their temporary challenges,” Zulu said.
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