The children’s SASSA grant payments can be collected TODAY. Images: Stock/Canva/SASSA
You can collect your SASSA children’s grants for APRIL TODAY, and the great news is that the long-awaited increases will be reflected.
The children’s SASSA grant payments can be collected TODAY. Images: Stock/Canva/SASSA
The great news is that you can collect your SASSA children’s grants today. Here are all the dates and more information on the increases.
The long-awaited increase for the social grants will be reflected in the April SASSA payments.
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) released the payment schedule for the 2024/25 financial year.
SASSA reserves the first week of the month for elderly, child, and disability grant payments.
After that, it is Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant recipients, and all other grants are paid out.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana confirmed that the permanent SASSA grants will be INCREASED.
Godongwana delivered his 2024 Budget Speech to Parliament last month.
To keep pace with inflation and improve access, authorities increase permanent social grants:
Meanwhile, the government has increased the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant – popularly known as the R350 grant – to R370 from April this year.
Godongwana made the announcement in the National Assembly earlier this month.
In 2024/25, the government allocates R33.6 billion to the COVID‐19 Social Relief of Distress Grant, with provisional allocations for 2025/26 and 2026/27.
National Treasury anticipates that the number of grant beneficiaries, excluding those receiving the COVID‐19 SRD Grant, will increase from 18.8 million in 2023/24 to 19.7 million in 2026/27.
“We are sensitive to the increase in the cost of living for the nearly 19 million South Africans who rely on these grants to make ends meet. In this regard, we have done as much as the fiscal envelope allows,”
he said.