The South African Social Security Agency-SASSA Grant Payment Schedule
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has successfully started paying out the first batch of applicants for the Special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant.
Applications for the grant, which is set at R350, opened on 6 August 2021. The grant is set to benefit unemployed citizens, most of whom lost their jobs when COVID-19 struck in 2020.
SASSA Grant Payment Schedule
If you’re a SASSA beneficiary, then it’s important to know when you can expect to receive your grant.
Grants are paid out monthly to qualifying grant beneficiaries. The payment dates for the month of September are as follows:
- Older Person’s Grants – 3 September 2021
- Disability Grants – 6 September 2021
- Foster Care Grants – 7 September 2021
- Care Dependency Grants – 7 September 2021
- Child Support Grants – 7 September 2021
Unlike the grants listed above, the new temporary R350 grant does not have a set payment date. However, some successful beneficiaries started receiving their payments on 25 August 2021.
SASSA said it will continue to process applications, after it reported receiving nearly 9 million applications since 6 August. Applicants who have not yet received their payments have been urged to be patient and wait to receive an SMS from SASSA informing them about the success of their application.
“Please be patient, payments are being made as we speak. SASSA CARES and we will pay all deserving applicants. SASSA apologises for all inconvenience caused.” said SASSA in a tweet.
Applicants from previous cycles of the grant who were approved but have not yet collected their payments have been urged to do so before 31 August 2021. After this date, payments for outstanding and uncollected grants will no longer be processed.
SASSA explained that there are thousands of applicants who have still not collected their payments due to various reasons.
Beneficiaries can call SASSA via Contact Details to verify if they have any outstanding balances that need to be collected.
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