SASSA payment schedule for the next 10 months

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) pays grants to millions of beneficiaries every month. The agency has released the payment schedule for the 2023/2024 financial year, listing dates until March next year.

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As previously reported, every month, the older person (pension) is paid first – it is meant to be available on the second day of the month, or the closest working day.

Disability grants and children’s grants follow Pension payments. The R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant has no fixed date, but payments should commence after the “normal” grants have been dealt with.

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The Department of Social Development’s total budget for the 2023/2024 financial year is R263 billion.

“Included in this is an amount of R253 billion that consists of direct cash transfer payments that SASSA expects to pay to a projected 27 million eligible grant beneficiaries by March 2024,” said Minister Lindiwe Zulu in her budget vote speech on Tuesday, 30 May.

READ: R350 grant to end in 2024: Ramaphosa considers Basic Income Grant as successor

Earlier in 2023, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana allocated R36 billion for the extension of the R350 grant to March 2024 – this is R8 billion less than what was allocated the previous year.

Budget documents revealed that no money was allocated to the vital grant beyond March 2024. The government is yet to announce what will replace it but has hinted at a Basic Income Grant as a possibility.

SASSA SOCIAL GRANT PAYMENT DATES FOR 2023/2024

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