SASSA grant payment dates for June 2025
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has released the grant payment dates for the month of June 2025. SASSA pays grant to various beneficiaries including the Childcare grant, Old age grant and Disability grant.
Here are the SASSA payment dates for June 2025:
Old age grant- Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Disabilty grant- Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Childcare grant- Thursday, 5 June 2025
SASSA warns the public of a fake job advertisement circulating on social media platforms. The advertisement says that SASSA is need of a grant administrator and the salary is R21 234.
The social agency stated that individuals should visit their website for job vacancies and should avoid misinformation.
The Department of Social Development (DSD) has outlined why the SASSA pension cannot be increased to R5000.
This comes after the United South Africa (USA) leader Riyad Isaacs submitted a petition to the Minister of Social Development urging the government to raise the SASSA pension.
In an open letter submitted to both Social Development Minister and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, Isaacs highlighted issues financial strains that pensioners face.
However, the DSD said that the increase would not be feasible since the government has a set amount allocated to pay beneficiaries.
'Currently, approximately 19 million South Africans receive social grants. The government has allocated R284.7 billion for social grants for the 2025/26 financial year. Of these beneficiaries, 4.1 million are older persons who receive R2,315 per month (ages 60–74) or R2,330 per month (ages 75 and older),' explained the DSD.
The Department further stated that if the grant is increased to R5000, it would mean that the government would have to allocate R246 billion for the 4.1 million pensioners, excluding other grant beneficiaries.
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