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Child support grant top-up: R870 a month
The most the child support grant top-up pays a month since 1 April 2026, up from R840, as the Government Gazette prints it. That is R580 plus R290: the child support grant plus the top-up.
- R870A month now
- 1 April 2026Since
- R840Before
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 amount we hold
| From | Until | A month | Where it is printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2026 | still in force | R870 R580 + R290 | Government Gazette 54397, No. R. 7287, page 3 |
| not held yet | 1 April 2026 | R840 R560 + R280 | Government Gazette 54397, No. R. 7287, page 3 In force when GG 54397 was published (2026-03-23), its "Current Amount" column; the notice that set it is not read yet, so its start date is not held. |
Other grants
- Older person’s grant R2,400 a month
- Older person’s grant, 75 and older R2,420 a month
- War veteran’s grant R2,420 a month
- Disability grant R2,400 a month
- Care dependency grant R2,400 a month
- Foster child grant R1,300 a month
- Child support grant R580 a month
- Grant-in-aid R580 a month
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.