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The R370 catch: Why family help could cost you your SRD grant

The unemployed Free State man, Moeketsi Thomas Masooa, in his late twenties, supports up to five dependants in a shared family home, and the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is the thin line separating his household from nothing. Yet a flaw in SASSA’s automated system is threatening that lifeline, for him and thousands like him. E-wallet transfers are getting grants declined Masooa has experienced declined and lapsed SRD applications firsth…

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The South African broke the news in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
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