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Social grant amounts, from the Gazette
The most each social grant pays a month, as the Minister of Social Development’s notices in the Government Gazette set it, with every amount we hold and where it is printed.
- R2,400Older person’s grant a monthsince 1 April 2026
- R580Child support grant a monthsince 1 April 2026
- R2,400Disability grant a monthsince 1 April 2026
- R1,300Foster child grant a monthsince 1 October 2026
These are the most a grant pays a month. What a person gets depends on the means test, which is not in this data. Payment dates are set by SASSA and are not here.
Every grant, today (16 November 2026)
What we hold, and what is coming
We hold one notice: Government Gazette 54397, No. R. 7287, page 3 of 23 March 2026. It gives each grant’s amounts from 1 April 2026, and the amount each grant paid just before.
A notice prints the amount in force when it was published, but not the day that amount started: that is in the notice before it. Where we have not read that notice yet, we say “before” a date rather than guess.
Older notices, back to 2018 (where the Government Printing Works’ online archive starts), are being read one at a time and are added here as they arrive.
Source: the Minister of Social Development’s notices “Increase in respect of social grants” under the Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004, as published in the Government Gazette, read from the Government Printing Works’ copies. Dataset: social grant amounts, release 2026-11-13.