REMINDER: SASSA grant May payment dates CHANGED

REMINDER: SASSA grant May payment dates CHANGED Photos: Stock/Canva/SASSA

REMINDER: SASSA grant May payment dates CHANGED

REMINDER – The Sassa grant MAY payment dates have been CHANGED. Here are the NEW dates for the SASSA grant May payments.

REMINDER: SASSA grant May payment dates CHANGED

REMINDER: SASSA grant May payment dates CHANGED Photos: Stock/Canva/SASSA

 This is a REMINDER that the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has changed the payment dates for social grants for May 2023.

REMINDER – SASSA SOCIAL GRANTS PAYMENT DATES HAVE CHANGED

This comes after the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) released the payment schedule for the 2023/24 financial year.

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SASSA RELEASED THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR

The first week of the month is reserved for elderly, child, and disability grant payments. 

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After that, it is Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant recipients, and all other grants are paid out. All other beneficiaries can still collect at South African Post Office branches except for the SRD recipients.

HERE ARE THE NEW SASSA SOCIAL GRANTS PAYMENT DATES

  • Older person payment date- 4 May 2023
  • Disability grants payment date – 5 May 2023
  • Children’s payment date – 8 May 2023

“There is no fixed payment date for the special COVID-19 SRD.”

SASSA

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THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH IS RESERVED FOR ELDERLY, CHILD, AND DISABILITY GRANTS

It’s worth noting that once these funds are made available, they won’t have to be claimed straight away. All monies owed to each client will stay in their accounts until an individual is ready to make a withdrawal. This remains the case for all four aforementioned grants.

WILL THE LIQUIDATION OF THE POST OFFICE AFFECT SASSA GRANTS?

Meanwhile, in other big news, the South African Post Office (SAPO) has been placed under provisional liquidation.

SASSA spokesperson Paseka Lestatsi told Jacaranda FM that there are contingency plans with the Post Office that SASSA they are trying to put in place to ensure that beneficiaries do get what is due to them.

REMINDER: SASSA grant May payment dates CHANGED
SASSA social grants: Here are the payment dates for MAY Photos: Ashraf Hendricks via Groundup

THERE IS AN ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SASSA AND THE POST OFFICE FOR THE PAYMENTS

Letsatsi said there is an engagement between SASSA and the Post Office.

“The COO of SASSA and the Post Office are supposed to meet this afternoon to iron out some of the hiccups. As the organisation we are convinced that whatever that we try to work between us and the Post Office, we will make sure that the beneficiaries do get what is due to them without any distress,” he said on Monday.

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REMINDER OF WHO TO CONTACT FOR QUERIES:

  • For any further queries, please get in touch with SASSA directly:
  • Contact the SASSA Toll-Free Call centre on 0800 60 10 11
  • Contact the SASSA Head Office on 012 400 2322
  • Email SASSA Head Office at: Grantsenquiries@sassa.gov.za
  • Contact details of SASSA offices across the country: SASSA offices

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