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SASSA to spend R290-billion on social grants this year

Grants make up 11% of government spending, the same as 20 years ago

This is the latest in a short series looking back at 20 years of SASSA.
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced on Wednesday that the government will spend just under R290-billion on social grants this financial year.
20 years ago, when SASSA began operating, government spent R57-billion on social grants, which is the equivalent of R156-billion in today’s money. So when taking inflation into account, spending on social grants will have grown by about 86% between 2006/07 and 2026/27.
But as a percentage of total government spending, social grants expenditure has stayed the same at 11.2% since 2006. It was 2.8% of gross domestic product in 2006/07 and 3.6% in 2025/26.
The number of people receiving grants has doubled over the…

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