Find every benefit you're owed. Then actually claim it.
Check your SASSA status, find out what your result actually means, and discover the grants and free services most South African households never claim.
What's your situation?
SASSA, municipalities, schools and clinics each run their own programmes — and none tells you about the others. Pick yours and we'll assemble the whole claim.
- I'm unemployed
- I can't work
- I care for a child
- I was declined
- I wasn't paid
- I was retrenched
- I'm raising grandchildren
- I'm a refugee or asylum seeker
Prefer questions to lists? The benefits checker asks seven and ranks everything you qualify for.
Common tasks
All 8 SASSA grants, 2026
Amounts as reported for 2026. * marks figures still being traced to the Government Gazette — why we do that.
| Grant | Per month | Who it's for | Means test |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRD Grant (R370 grant) | R370 | 18–60, unemployed, no other income | Income under R624/month (monthly bank check) |
| Child Support Grant | R590* | Primary caregiver of a child under 18 | Income limit — formula-based, doubled if married |
| Older Persons Grant | R2,400* | 60 years and older | Income and asset thresholds apply |
| Disability Grant | R2,400* | 18–59, unable to work due to disability | Income and asset thresholds + medical assessment |
| Foster Child Grant | R1,290* | Foster parent with a court order | No means test |
| Care Dependency Grant | R2,400* | Caregiver of a child with a severe disability | Income threshold + medical assessment |
| Grant-in-Aid | R560* | Grant recipients who need full-time care | Must already receive a qualifying grant |
| War Veterans Grant | R2,420* | Veterans 60+ or disabled, WWII / Korean War | Income and asset thresholds apply |
Grants are only half of what you're entitled to
Around 2 million South African households qualify for free basic electricity and water. Under a quarter ever register. Add school fee exemptions, free healthcare and food support, and what goes unclaimed dwarfs the grants themselves.
See what else you can claim- ⚡ Free basic electricity
- 💧 Free basic water
- 🎒 School fee exemption
- 🏥 Free healthcare (H0)
- 🥫 Food parcels
- 🏠 Housing support
What changed recently
- SASSA payment dates for August 2026SASSA August 2026 payment dates: Older Persons on 4 August, Disability on 5 August, Child Support on 6 August, and all other grants — including grants under review — on 7 August 2026.
- SA Benefits is live: what's here now and what's comingThe site launches with the complete SRD silo — status meanings, all 10 decline reasons, appeals, payments — plus the benefits checker and a public build roadmap.
- SASSA's 2026 review drive: ~400,000 grants flagged — what the numbers meanAround 400,000 beneficiaries notified, ~240,000 reviewed, ~70,000 suspended — mostly for not attending. What the expanded data-matching means for you.
On money, a wrong number costs more than a missing page
Every figure carries a visible verification date and a link to its official source. Where reputable sources disagree — and on several 2026 figures they do — we say so with an asterisk instead of guessing. Mistakes are fixed publicly, never silently.
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