SASSA: Here are the July 2025 grant payment dates
SASSA distributes social grants to millions of beneficiaries in South Africa.
Beneficiaries can receive payments from selected supermarkets, such as Pick n Pay, Boxer, USave merchants, Checkers, and Shoprite. They can obtain this through their SASSA card, CashSend, or by getting the amount directly transferred into their bank account.
The payment schedule is as follows: Old age grant – Wednesday, 2 July
Disability grant – Thursday, 3 July
Child support grant and others – Friday, 4 July
Last month, SASSA announced a delay in the May 2025 payment schedule for certain targeted beneficiaries, as the agency requires them to visit its offices to verify specific information.
SASSA spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi said this initiative is aimed at ensuring that beneficiaries can confirm any changes in their financial circumstances and update their personal details and this is set to address any potential inclusion errors in the current social security system.
Letsatsi said 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 appear in the SASSA grant system. 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 in the system.
'Beneficiaries who fail to come forward during this process may have their social grants suspended, and if they continue not to respond, more drastic actions such as lapsing of their grant will be applied. The other beneficiaries that are targeted include those identified through the bulk means test process, to check if they have some income that flows into other bank accounts that they did not disclose to SASSA,' Letsatsi explained.
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