Editorial policy

Public-benefit information can affect important financial decisions. Our goal is to make official information easier to understand without presenting speculation as fact.

Source priority

We prefer primary government sources: SASSA, the Department of Social Development, gov.za, National Treasury, official regulations and official programme portals. Secondary websites may help us discover a topic, but they are not treated as authoritative when a primary source is available.

Time-sensitive information

Payment schedules, grant amounts, eligibility thresholds, contact details and programme rules can change. These facts should be dated, linked to a source and rechecked after official announcements.

Corrections

If we identify an error, the page should be corrected rather than preserved for SEO. Material corrections should update the page's verification date and source information.

AI assistance

Automation may help detect official-source changes or prepare drafts, but a generated statement is not treated as an official fact merely because software produced it. High-impact updates should be grounded in the source material before publication.

Independence

We are not SASSA, do not speak for SASSA and do not guarantee outcomes. We avoid designs or wording intended to make users believe this is an official government website.