sassa grant for old age 2024-2025

sassa grant for old age 2024-2025

If you are a grant recipient, it might be a good idea for you to become familiar with the Sassa Older Person’s Grant payment dates as well as details on how to apply for the grant.

We have information for you if you’ve applied for a Sassa grant and are wondering when you’ll get paid.

According to Sassa, if all the information provided is accurate, all the necessary documents are submitted correctly, and you are approved, you should receive your Old Persons Grant the month after your application was approved.

This can be deposited into your bank account, or you can pick up your grant at the nearby PicknPay, Shoprite, or Post Office.

The following requirements must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the older person’s grant:

• Be a South African citizen, permanent resident, or refugee.
• The applicant and child must be residents of South Africa.
• Must not be less than 60 years.
• Not be in receipt of another social grant for him or herself.
• The applicant and spouse must comply with the means test.
• Must not be maintained or cared for in a State Institution.
• The applicant must submit a 13-digit bar-coded identity document.

Sassa claims that if you have submitted your application with all necessary information and supporting documentation, you should hear back within 30 days.

In the event that your Older Person’s application was approved, Sassa will disburse R1 890, which will increase to R1 980 in April 2022. In October 2022, the grant will also increase to R1 990.

What is the Sassa Elderly Grant amount?

• To provide South African citizens with social assistance, grants only slightly increased. The subsequent social grants will rise in the following ways: From R1980 to R1990, the older age group (60 to 74 years old) will increase. From R2000 to R2010, older age (75+ years) will increase.