Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has confirmed the payment dates for its various social grants over the festive period. Sassa distributes over 18 million permanent grant payments, including the Older Persons pension grant, Disability grant, War Veterans grant, Care Dependency grant, Foster Child grant, Child Support grant, Child Support grant Top-Up and Grant-in-aid.
The agency has dashed the hope of double payment in December by reiterating that there are no end-of-year bonuses and that beneficiaries receive the same payment for all 12 months in a year.
Payment dates for December:
- Older Persons Grant - December 3
- Disability Grant - December 4
- Children’s Grants - December 5.
Payment dates for January 2025:
- Older Persons Grant - January 3
- Disability Grants - January 6
- Children’s Grants- January 7
Postbank has reassured social grant beneficiaries that their existing Sassa Gold Card will continue to work after December 31, until it is replaced by the new Postbank Black Card.
This comes after Postbank announced in September that the new black Mzansi Debit Card will replace the Sassa Gold Card.
