UPDATE: SASSA old age grant payment date for March

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has confirmed the old age grant payment dates for March 2025.

SASSA beneficiaries can receive their payments from selected supermarkets, such as Pick n Pay, Boxer, USave merchants, Checkers, and Shoprite, and obtain this through their SASSA card, CashSend, or by getting the amount directly transferred into their bank account.

SOCIAL GRANTS PAYMENT DATES FOR MARCH 2025

Here are the payment dates for the various social grants:

• Old age grant – Tuesday, 4 March
• Disability grants – Wednesday, 5 March  
• Children’s Grants: Thursday, 6 March

As it stands, beneficiaries of the SASSA old age grant (aged between 60-75 years), and disability and care dependency grants, receive R2 190.

Persons older than 75 years of age and war veterans receive an amount of R2 210. The foster care grant amounts to R1 180, while the child support grant is currently R530 per month.

THE PROPOSED SASSA OLD AGE GRANT INCREASE

Last Wednesday, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana was expected to announce the annual increases for social grants when he tabled the National Budget Speech in Cape Town. However, the speech was postponed at the 11th hour over disagreements about the proposed two percentage point VAT increase.

In his speech, Godongwana intended to announce that National Treasury would inject a massive R23.3 billion into the social grants and welfare programmes that support almost half of South Africa’s population, Independent Online reported.

The increase was reportedly aimed at shielding millions of social welfare beneficiaries from the proposed VAT increase.

“Spending on social grants is allocated an additional R23.3 billion. This is to ensure that low-income households are not left worse off by the increase to the VAT rate,” Godongwana intended to say on Wednesday.

The SASSA old age grant was set to increase by R150 throughout the year, with an immediate R140 increase in April and an additional R10 increase in October, while the child support grant would have increased by R50.

It is not yet clear if Godongwana will table different figures when he delivers the Budget Speech on 12 March. However, this is how much social grant beneficiaries would get monthly should he table the same figures:

• Old age grant increases by R140 on 1 April and R10 in October 2025
• Child support grant increases from R530 to R580
• Foster care grant increases by R80
• Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant – Remains at R370

ARE YOU A SASSA BENEFICIAIRY? HAVE YOU SWITCHED TO THE POSTBANK BLACK CARD? WAS IT SEAMLESS?

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