If you are an approved beneficiary of the Grant and you wish to change your banking details, then submit your ID Number to the srd website. An SMS containing a secure link, unique to you, will be sent to the mobile phone number with which you registered during application. Follow the SMS as well as the instructions carefully. Should you select payment into a bank account, please ensure that you are the owner of the account.
The agency cannot pay your grant into another person’s bank account. Should you select the money transfer option via one of the major banks, please ensure that the mobile phone number on which you received the SMS is registered in your name.
The agency cannot pay your grant into a mobile phone number which is registered to another person. Please also note that the new banking details will only be used for future payments, after verification.
All new recipients of the grant can receive their payments by making use of a sassa card, you can successfully do so by visiting any merchants and retail stores. There are a few ways through which the current grants as well as other social grants can be paid to the beneficiaries.
These are through the use of bank payments of the Post Bank/Cash-send Services. In a situation when you do not have a bank account, you can receive your R350 grant through Cash-send, this service is operated on using the PostBank services. When using this system it requires all beneficiaries to use their ID numbers and phone numbers to access their grant money at the various outlets. It is very important that the cellphone number must be registered and must also belong to the one who applied for the grant in order for the payment to be deemed valid.
You can collect your payment at any retail shop or store with the following services: Checkers, PicknPay, Shoprite, Usave & Boxer Stores. In recent years sassa has made it their mission to provide the best services for the citizens while reducing the stress and burdens of the harsh economic ecosystem the country has faced in the last few years.
However in trying to find more ways for beneficiaries to access or collect their money for any of the grants while making the process of sending money from sassa to beneficiaries easier, it led to the announcement that beneficiaries can access their grant by visiting a Checkers, Boxer or PicknPay store. It is important to note that although pick n pay is listed as one of the collection outlets you will not be able to collect your grants at BP Pick n Pay Express, Pick n Pay Clothing and Pick n Pay Liquor stores.
- What to do when collecting the R350 payment from shoprite, Checkers, Pick n Pay and Bank monthly.
- Understanding the various types of Social Grants available to south africans and permanent residents.
- Understanding the meaning of all SRD status profiles for approved or declined beneficiaries.
- How to successfully appeal for R350 when your application has been declined or rejected.
- How to locate and contact the nearest Sassa office including the phone number.
- How to cancel your application for the R350 Grant if you no longer need it.