Most people arrive knowing their situation, not the name of the grant that fits it. These guides start from the circumstance — waiting on a payment, caring for someone, a disaster at home — and work back to the help that exists for it and how to ask for it.
In order of priority. Listed as plain text until each is written and checked — see what we cover.
The grant pages on this site are organised the way SASSA organises them — by grant name. That works once you know which grant you are after. It does not work when what you actually know is that the money has not arrived and the rent is due.
These guides start from the situation instead, and point at whichever of the SRD grant or the permanent grants applies — including the awards people rarely hear about, like relief while an approved grant is still being processed.
Every guide in this section is checked the same way as the rest of the site — see how we verify.
Reviewed by Secure The Grant editorial team against official SASSA sources on . How we check our facts