Amount from 01 April 2023:
*Old Age (below 75 years): Increase from R1 990 to R2 080
*Old Age (above 75 years): Increase from 2 010 to R2 100
*War Veterans Grant: Increase from 2 010 to R2 100
*Disability Grant: Increase from R1 990 to R2 080
*Foster Child Grant: Increase from R1 070 to R1 120
*Care Dependency Grant: Increase from R1 990 to R2 080
* Child Support Grant: Increase from R480 to R500
* Top-up CSG: Increase from R240 to R250
*Grant-in-aid: Increase from R480 to R500
Amount from 01 October 2023:
*Old Age (below 75 years): Increase from R2 080 to R2 090
*Old Age (above 75 years): Increase from R2 100 to R2 110
*War Veterans Grant: Increase from R2100 to R2 110
*Disability Grant: Increase from R2 080 to R2 090
*Foster Child Grant: Increase from R1 120 to R1 130
*Care Dependency Grant: Increase from R2 080 to R2 090
* Child Support Grant: Increase from R500 to R510
*Grant-in-aid: Increase from R500 to R510
Public area wage
Madam Speaker,
This Budget presents for the carry-through expenses of the 2022/23 wage increase. In addition, the Budget consists of pay progression, a housing allowance, and different advantages for civil servants.
The Budget additionally affords extra funding for protection and security, schooling and health. In health, the dollars are to employ new staff, tackle shortfalls in compensation budgets, and hold extra fitness people appointed for the duration of the pandemic, as nicely as to clear the backlog in fitness services.
As for the wage negotiations that simply commenced, the price range does no longer pre-empt the outcomes.
Nevertheless, this and future wage negotiations should strike a stability between truthful pay, fiscal sustainability, and the want for extra workforce in frontline services.
