SASSA Grant Payment Dates for January 2024
The SASSA payment dates for January disturb a little bit in the grant receiving schedules of many beneficiaries due to start of the month that includes many traditional or new year holidays.
As the official statement from SASSA releases, we keep updating here on a timely basis to inform you about the important information regarding new year pay days. If you’re a new SASSA beneficiary, we recommend you to keep track of pay days for your grant to save yourself from any inconvenience.
SASSA Pay Days for January 2024
We advise you to collect your timely payments from your bank account you’ve registered with SASSA. If you collect your payment the next day or after 24 hours of official disbursement, you’ll be getting your payment smoothly because the systems usually get busy on the first day.
| Grants | Dates |
|---|---|
| Old Age Grant | 3 January 2024 |
| Disability Grant | 4 January 2024 |
| Child Support Grant | 5 January 2024 |
>> Also know February dates.
SASSA Payment Amounts
As you know SASSA pays different payment amounts for each grant type it offers. Some new beneficiaries might get surprised to know that SASSA, according to local economics of South Africa, keeps changing the grant amount to make it easy for everyone to easily meet monthly expenses.
| Grant | Amount |
|---|---|
| Child Support Grant | R480 |
| Care Dependency Grant | R1990 |
| Foster Child Grant | R1070 |
| War Veterans Grant | R2010 |
| Old Age Grant | R1990 |
| Disability Grant | R1990 |
You must be very aware while choosing and applying for the SASSA grant, because all grant offered by SASSA are very different in their payment amounts and also a little bit different in providing requirements when applying.
Payment Withdrawal Precautions
- Avoid if you can, withdrawing your payments from ATMs OR banks at peak times, it will help you avoid massive crowds.
- Try to choose ATMs installed in safe places, and avoid late-night withdrawals to protect yourself from armed robberies.
- Make sure the ATM you’re using is well installed and maintained in order to save yourself from delayed or failed withdrawals.
- Don’t allow any other person to enter the ATM point with you, or avoid multiple people withdrawing at the same time.
- Always cover ATM keypad while entering your PIN. For more security, you can consider changing your PIN after every 2/3 months.
- Don’t ask for help from anyone present at the ATM point, also don’t accept help offers from anyone, try to do everything yourself.
- Be aware of SMS notifications about withdrawals.
- Try to bring someone from your family or your close friend with you as a companion at ATM.
- Most importantly, pre-plan your withdrawals at ATMs, pre-decide the time and ATM point at which you’re going to perform transactions.
