Government’s total consolidated government spending will amount to R6.62 trillion over the next three years, with the social wage taking 59.4 percent of total non-interest spending over this period.
A total of 18.6 million people will be recipients of social grant support between April 2022 and March 2023.
The old age, war veterans, disability and care dependency grants, will see an increase of R90 in April and a further R10 in October; while the foster care and child support grants will increase by R20 once-off in April.
The grant increases are indicated in the graphic below:
