Delay in May Sassa payment
Sassa's national spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi, says that this initiative is aimed at ensuring that beneficiaries confirm any changes in their financial circumstances, update their personal details, and to address any potential inclusion errors in the current social security system.
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has announced that there will be a slight delay in the May payment for some beneficiaries to encourage them to visit offices to verify certain information.
Sassa’s national spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi, says that this initiative is aimed at ensuring that beneficiaries confirm any changes in their financial circumstances, update their personal details, and to address any potential inclusion errors in the current social security system.
“The targeted beneficiaries are those who use alternative forms of identification other than the standard 13-digit South African identity number to receive their social grants. Sassa has consulted with the Department of Home Affairs about these beneficiaries and discovered that they have valid 13-digit ID numbers in the Home Affairs’ system, but these ID numbers do not appear in the Sassa grant system.”
He said that once these clients have presented themselves at various Sassa offices, a review will be done, and then their 13-digit ID numbers will be captured on the system.
Letsatsi says beneficiaries who fail to come forward may have their social grants suspended, and if they continue not to respond, more drastic actions, such as lapsing of their grants, will be applied.
The other beneficiaries targeted are those identified through the bulk means test process to check if some have income that flows into other bank accounts that they did not disclose to Sassa.
Letsatsi reminds beneficiaries that social grants are subject to reviews at any time when there are reasons to believe that a beneficiary’s circumstance has changed.
“A beneficiary may have applied for a grant at a specific period and qualified, but their material conditions could have improved over time and made them
ineligible to receive a grant anymore.”
In the 2025/2026 financial year, Sassa will intensify measures to ensure eligibility by regularly identifying clients on a monthly basis so that they go into offices to verify their personal details.
He concluded that this is part of proactive measures aimed at enhancing security, improving the integrity of their systems, and preventing potentially fraudulent activities.
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