The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has commenced with August 2025 social grant payments. Millions of people living in the country will receive grant payments during the second month of the year.
Sassa distributes over 18 million permanent grant payments, including the Older Persons pension grant, Disability grant, War Veterans grant, Care Dependency grant, Foster Child grant, Child Support grant, Child Support grant Top-Up and Grant-in-aid. This is in addition to the approximately 8 million individuals who receive the temporary Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant.
Consistent with Sassa’s grant payment policy, older persons' grant beneficiaries will be paid first.
Grants payments for disability grant beneficiaries and children's grant beneficiaries will be paid over the next couple of days.
Sassa Grant Payment Dates August 2025
- Older Persons Grant: 5th August 2025
- Disability Grants: 6th August 2025
- Children’s Grants: 7th August 2025
If your grant is under review you should collect it on Friday 8th August.
Sassa Grant Payment Amounts for 2025
As confirmed by Sassa, the current grant amounts are as follows:
- Older Persons Grant: R2,315 (R2,330 for recipients aged 75 and older)
- Disability Grant: R2,315
- War Veterans Grant: R2,335
- Care Dependency Grant: R2,315
- Foster Care Grant: R1,250
- Child Support Grant: R560
- Child Support Grant (Top-Up): R530 + R260
SRD Grant Payment Dates for August
Payments for the SRD Grant will be paid in the last week of the month.
SASSA CONTACT NUMBERS PER PROVINCE
If you want to contact SASSA you can do it via one of these numbers.
- Toll-free number: 080 060 1011
- WhatsApp number: +27 82 046 8553
- Eastern Cape: 043 707 6300
- Gauteng: 011 241 8320
- Mpumalanga: 013 754 9446
- Limpopo: 015 291 7509
- North West: 018 388 4006
- Free State: 051 410 8339
- North West: 053 802 4919
- KwaZulu-Natal: 033 846 3324
- Western Cape: 021 469 0235
