THE Department of Social Development has gazetted changes to the regulations governing the payout of the R350 social relief distress (SRD) grant in South Africa, allowing more people to qualify.
The change increases the income threshold for the means test from R350 to the food poverty line of R624 per month.
Previously, any person who received or earned more than R350 a month would have been disqualified from receiving the grant. With the new adjustment, this barrier has been moved to R624, and more people would qualify.
The amendment also makes changes to the frequency of the means testing by removing the requirement for applicants to indicate if they require the grant after every three months.
The value of the grant itself remains R350 per person per month for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
When the changes were first proposed in July, social development minister Lindiwe
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