# SASSA Grant-in-Aid: SA’s ‘forgotten’ endowment worth THIS much

SASSA Grant-in-Aid is an endowment for beneficiaries whose needs go beyond what their main stipend covers. And yet many of the nearly 28-million social grant recipients admit they don’t know what the additional endowment even is. This is why it’s often referred to as South Africa’s ‘forgotten’ grant. SASSA GRANT-IN-AID ELIGIBILITY As such, it is an extra monthly payment of R580. It is for South African Social Security Agency recipients who already benefit from a SASSA grant. However, they must be able to prove they require full-time care from another person because of a physical or m

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