Government reports that more than 10 million applications for South Africa’s Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant are rejected during the 2025/26 financial year. According to the cited explanation, the decision outcomes are linked mainly to income checks and verification processes used to assess whether applicants meet eligibility requirements. The reports indicate that where verification is incomplete or does not support an applicant’s declared circumstances, applications are not approved. The government also points to other administrative and support-related factors that can affect assessment results, including issues that arise during the checking and validation of information provided in applications. While the figure refers to rejections during that financial year, the reported reasons focus on compliance and validation steps rather than describing specific case outcomes for individual applicants. The accounts therefore describe a screening and verification system that determines eligibility, and which can lead to a large number of applications being declined when required checks cannot be satisfied or reveal discrepancies.