Starting on 1st September 2025, all SASSA offices will introduce “Beneficiary Biometric Enrollment,” a new mandatory system of accepting applicants that the agency hopes will cut down significantly on ...

Thousands of SRD beneficiaries risk losing their R370 payment after SASSA warns that failed banking details trigger automatic suspension.

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has confirmed that social grant payments for September 2025 will begin this week, with beneficiaries urged to take note of the scheduled dates. The ...

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will introduce mandatory biometric enrolment for beneficiaries at its offices from 1 September. Until now, the system has only applied to applicants ...

August 2026 SASSA Old-Age Grants will proceed as scheduled, but only after a protracted wait for beneficiaries. Here’s what ...

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will pay out the next social grants in the first week of June. The agency administers more than 19 million grant payments, including the Older Persons’ ...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has said that no fraudulent application will pass its scrutiny, now urging all applicants for COVID-19 SRD grants to use the cell phone numbers ...

The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has urged SRD grant beneficiaries who have been approved but have not received their grant to verify their banking details on the website. SRD grant applicants ...

SASSA says new smart queue systems and biometric technology rolled out in Bellville are already improving service delivery as some beneficiaries still wait up to four hours. FILE: Queues for social ...

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has stopped some 70,000 social grants after reviewing around 240,000 beneficiaries as part of a nationwide compliance drive. The agency says the ...