SASSA Grant Increase 2025 : South Africans depending on socials grants can breathe in relief as SASSA has announced some increases for the month of August 2025. These new payment rates are meant to give weight behind pensioners, caregivers, persons with disabilities, and unemployed persons who are already gasping under the rising cost of living.
Bigger Grants Coming This Month
All major SASSA Grants are going to be adjusted and that starting August 2025 Pensioners, Disability Grant persons, and Caregivers will start seeing the increases on their accounts with payments starting later this month. This comes at a time when food, transport, and electricity prices continue to joyance so much of the burden on millions of households.
Beneficiaries who receive the Older Person’s Grant, Disability Grant, and Foster Care Grant will now be paid more than what they did previously. Although the Child Support Grant and SRD R370 relief grant remain major lifelines, allowing families to put food on the table and attend to their common needs.
Updated Payment Rates – Who Gets What
For August 2025, the corrected amounts of the new SASSA grants are as listed:
- Older Person’s Grant (Pension): R2,315.
- Disability Grant: R2,315.
- War Veterans Grant: R2,335.
- Foster Child Grant: R1,250.
- Care Dependency Grant: R2,315.
- Child Support Grant: R560.
- SRD R370 Relief Grant (for unemployed South Africans still falling within eligibility criteria)
These increases provide slight but important relief to beneficiaries so that they maintain keeping up with inflation on the whole and basic living expenses.
Payment Dates For August 2025
SASSA has also released the official payment schedule set for August 2025:
- Older Person’s Grants: From August 2, 2025.
- Disability Grants: From August 5, 2025.
- Children’s Grants: From August 6, 2025.
- SRD R370 Relief Grant: To be paid in batches through the month after status approval.
Beneficiaries are, however, advised to wait for the official SMS notifications and omit long queues at pay points by making use of their SASSA gold cards as well as ATMs and retail stores where it is possible to access grants.
What Beneficiaries Should Do
Clients have been cautioned by SASSA to always check the payment status from the official SASSA SRD portal or as a free WhatsApp Service to confirm the grant date. Beneficiaries should also keep their grant cards in safe custody and watch out for scammers who prey on vulnerable citizens approaching paydays.
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