The South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa) manages grants and allowances for groups in South African society needing assistance. This includes grants for children, the older persons grants and disability grants. Sassa also manages the R350 grant for the special relief of distress during the Covid-19 crisis.
We are now heading towards the beginning of a new month, the month of May. Sassa grant beneficiaries are patiently waiting for their next Sassa grant payment date to arrive.
Here's the Sassa grant payment schedule for May 2023.
Sassa Grant Payment Dates For May 2023
- Older Persons Grant - Wednesday, 4 May 2023
- This includes any grants linked to these accounts
- Disability Grant - Thursday, 5 May 2023
- This includes any grants linked to these accounts
- Children's Grants - Friday, 8 May 2023
- This includes all other grants not mentioned already
Sassa grants can be paid through a bank account or can be collected at several retail stores including Pick N Pay, Boxer, Usave, Shoprite and Checkers.
Sassa has however urged beneficiaries to not rush to collect:
There is no need to rush to withdraw cash on the first day. Once the money is in the account, it will remain there until it is needed.
R350 Grant Payment Dates
The above mentioned date are only for Sassa's permanent grants. This doesn't include the R350 grant. Sassa has said the following about R350 grant payment dates:
There is no fixed payment date for the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant.
This means that when your SRD grant payment is ready, it will be paid to you. It's often been found that these payments could be delayed with some beneficiaries receiving grants months later only.
While many people have been approved for their grant payment, Sassa has reminded SRD grant beneficiaries who have received payment dates from them to collect their monies when they receive an SMS.
In the case of clients who haven’t yet received their payment dates, they have been reminded that the absence of dates means that the payment has not been processed but grant payments will be processed in due time.
