When will you get your social grant in April? Sassa reassures beneficiaries

With less than three weeks until millions of beneficiaries would usually collect their money, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has yet to formally confirm social grant payment dates for April. Sassa typically pays out grants over three consecutive days, usually a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, during the first or second week of each month. These staggered payments apply to older persons, disability grants and children’s grants.

The last officially published payment schedule covered the period from 2025 through to March 2026, meaning the dates for payments from April on are not public. Speaking toThe Citizen, Andile Tshona, senior media relations manager, reassured beneficiaries that disbursements will proceed as normal once the dates are finalised. “The fact that we have not yet published them should not alarm our eligible beneficiaries as they will receive their grants as per usual,” he said.

“Sassa has proposed dates for social grant payment for the 2026/2027 financial year, but they have to be approved by the National Treasury before publishing,” Tshona said. He explained that this approval process is a standard procedure and forms part of aligning payment schedules with broader government systems. “This is a formality that we have to follow to ensure that we align with the government.” Tshona emphasised that beneficiaries will not lose out on their grants, and payments will continue without disruption once the process is complete.