Are you a beneficiary of the R350 grant? So you might want to take a look at the following dates to see if you haven’t missed your payment.
With the start of the second week of December, the first cycle of the SASSA R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) subsidy is underway for this month and Correios has confirmed other payment dates for the month.
Earlier in the month, South Africa Post distributed other social benefit payments from SASSA in addition to the subsidy of R350 SRD. The Post is now processing these SRD subsidy payments.
Therefore, if you are a SASSA SRD grant recipient who opted to receive the R350 grant through the Post Office, please refer to the following dates.
These days only apply to people whose ID card number has the last three digits listed below:
December 6th: 080 and 085
December 07: 081 and 086
December 08: 082 and 087
December 09: 083 and 088
December 10: 084 and 089
December 13: 080 and 085
December 14: 081 and 086
December 15: 082 and 087
December 20: 083 and 088
December 21st: 084 and 089
December 22: 080 and 085
December 23: 081 and 086
December 28: 082 and 087
December 29: 083 and 088
December 30: 084 and 089
It is also important to note that post office will not process any SRD subsidy payments on the following dates:
December 16, 2021
December 17, 2021
December 24, 2021
December 27, 2021
December 31, 2021
Before going to the Post Office, recipients were also advised to wait for an SMS confirmation that will inform them that their bag is ready to be collected.
SASSA SRD grant recipients can also opt-in to receive grant payments at any Boxer and Pick n Pay store across the country.
This only applies to scholarship recipients who have received an SMS from SASSA confirming their collection payment point such as Pick n Pay or Boxer.