SASSA says from the month of May disability and Older Persons Grants will be paid from the 4th day of the month and all other grants from the 6th.
A Spokesperson for SASSA Paseka Letsatsi says lessons learnt from the last payment cycle during the National Lockdown have compelled them to review payment dates going forward.
He says the grant payment for April was brought forward to the 30th of March 2020 and the first two days were dedicated to people with disabilities and older persons to ensure compliance with the State of Disaster requirements.
Letsatsi says impatient child support grant beneficiaries could not wait for the 1st of April and rushed to payment points.
He says this posed all sorts of health challenges making it very difficult to enforce social distancing.
In response to this unpleasant experience, SASSA started consulting role players such as National Treasury, South African Post Office, the banking association, retailers, and the consumer goods council among others.
Letsatsi said what came out of the consultations was that people with disabilities and the aged need to be protected from the month-end rush at payment outlets and therefore payment needs to be staggered in such a way that these categories of beneficiaries receive their grants before others.
