THE South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) would again like to remind all its beneficiaries of the announced annual increases which will be effective from April 1.
• R80 increase on old age grant from R1 700 to R1 780 and for beneficiaries over 75 years from R1 720 to R1 800
• R80 increase on disability grant from R1 700 to R1 780
• R80 increase on war veterans grant from R1 720 to R1 800
• R40 increase on foster care grant from R960 to R1 000
• R20 increase on child support grant from R410 to R430 – the grant will increase to R420 on April 1 and to R430 on October 1.
#Budget2019 as from April 2019, social grants will increase as follows:
•R80 increase for Old Age, Disability and War Veterans Grant
•R40 increase for Foster Care Grant to R1000
•Child Support Grant will increase to R420 in April and to R430 in October 2019 #RSABudget2019— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) February 20, 2019
Sassa would like to further advise grant recipients that they do not have to withdraw all their social grants from their Sassa cards as they can still access their social grants throughout the month.
The new Gold Sassa card operates as a normal bank card and money can be accessed at any time.
*Issued by Nandi Mosia, SASSA Gauteng spokesperson
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