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.
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Postbank has reassured social grant beneficiaries that their existing Sassa Gold Card will continue to work after 31 December 2024 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.
A list of locations issuing the new black cards will be provided.
The card issuance process is free of charge, and swapping to the new card won’t affect one’s grant payment.
Permanent grant beneficiaries have the option of having their grants paid directly into their bank account. This is a convenient payment method as you can access your money at any time after Sassa makes the payment.
Sassa grants are paid to selected stores around the country. Pick n Pay, Shoprite, Boxer stores, Usave stores, OK and Checkers all distribute social grants.
There are also mobile cash pay points where you can collect your money. However, this is not a flexible payment option and you may only collect your grant payment for a few hours every month.
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