Sassa has made provision for more than 3.6 million elderly social grant recipients and over one million people with disabilities to be paid on March 30 and 31.
Johannesburg - The South African Social Security Agency has made provision for more than 3.6 million elderly social grant recipients and over one million people with disabilities to be paid on March 30 and 31, a few days earlier than the rest of the recipients.
“To allay these fears, Sassa consulted widely and the result is that grant payments for April will be brought forward so that they can start on 30 March 2020. All other grants such as child support should be collected from 1 April 2020. It is important to stress that payments on the first two days will be for the elderly and people living with disabilities,” Letsatsi said.
“Once the money is in the account, it will remain available for the beneficiary to access anytime and anywhere as and when required. There is no need to withdraw all the money at once. Beneficiaries are also encouraged to swipe their cards to pay for purchases, rather than withdraw cash,” Letsatsi said.
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