South Africa

SASSA UBIG Grant 2025: Full Details As SRD Payments Officially Halt

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The Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants were the main source of assistance for poor South Africans, but they have now been completely discontinued. The future social aid program might include the Universal Basic Income Grant (UBIG) or the Basic Income Grant (BIG), with the closing of the SRD grant as the first step. Here … Read more

Goodbye to Retirement at 65: South Africa’s New Retirement Age Explained

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Despite my thorough investigation, I could not find any reliable information providing evidence that South Africa had officially raised the national retirement age or any changes made to the retirement law as some of the sources had indicated. In fact, several fact-checks seem to corroborate the opinion that the 70 years shift was confused with … Read more