The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has extended the period to change the preferred method of payment of the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD).
Over the past months, Sassa has seen an increase in the number of applicants for the grant, which led to an increase and pressure in various South African Post Office (SAPO) outlets.
Sassa CEO Totsie Memela announced that the window period for preferred method of payment is scheduled for Monday, 31 August to Sunday, 6 September, which is 24 hours a day.
“During this period, beneficiaries can change from receiving their grants at the post office to receiving them through their personal bank accounts. They may also change from one bank to another if they prefer to,” Memela said on Tuesday.
Memela said clients are requested to take advantage of this window period and amend to their most suitable method of payment.
She added that Sassa urged clients who have just been approved for the special grant and who have received the SMS to immediately upload their banking details online as soon as they receive the request.
Clients can opt to receive their grant through the following:
Sassa also released grants payment dates for the remainder of the 2020/21 financial year.
The dates of each grant payment date, from September to March, are below:
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This article first appeared on Alberton Record and was republished with permission
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