Sassa payment dates for October

SASSA beneficiaries should take note of the payment dates for October, as released by the agency earlier this year.

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The elderly can draw their Older Persons’ Grant on 2 October, while the Disability Grant will be available from 3 October, and the Children’s Grant from 4 October.

Sassa took the decision to stagger grant payment dates during the Covid-19 national lockdown in 2020 to prevent a mass accumulation of beneficiaries descending on payment points at once.

Since then, the payment dates have held the same staggered format, prioritising the most vulnerable.

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Meanwhile, the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant was increased to R370 in April, as announced during the Budget Speech, and is in effect until the March 2025 expiry date.

As presented in the Social Assistance Report for the 2023/24 financial year, as published in January this year, the total expenditure for all grants in KwaZulu-Natal is R44 849 045.

Of this total, the SRD Grant expenditure is around the R6.7 million mark, the Old Age Grant R16 million, and the Child Support Grant totalling R15.1 million.

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