SASSA Payment Dates June 2026 (Official Schedule)

• The OP beneficiaries will get their payment on Tuesday, 2 June, while the D beneficiaries will be paid on Wednesday, 3 June, while other beneficiaries, including those with grant C, will receive their payments on Thursday, 4 June.
• The SRD grants for R370 will be available between Wednesday, 24 June and Tuesday, 30 June 2026.
• However, it needs to be noted that Youth Day was not a public holiday and hence, did not affect the payments.
• All increased grants of 2026/27 will apply: OP/D/Care Dependency R2,400, Foster Care R1,290, Child Support & Grant-in-Aid R580, SRD R370.
• Your payment receipt is the payment received five days before the payment day in your bank account.

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June will be the quiet month concerning the issue of SASSA grants because June will not see any increase in grants, legislative changes and has just one public holiday (Youth Day on June 16) that falls exactly within the gap between the grant period and SRD R370 batch period. Thus, June will become an excellent month for learning about payments for 2026/2027.

This paper offers you to find out the dates of all payments of the SASSA grants in June 2026, introduce the concept of the SRD R370 batch period and describe what to do if there are any delays in payments.

Permanent Grants: June 2nd, 3rd and 4th

The payment of permanent grants will be done on a rotational basis for three days each month beginning the first day of the month. This will depend on the order of preference, which is as follows: Old, Disability, and Children.

And in the event that your grant should be paid directly into your bank account, then you need to be aware that this process will take only a few hours after payday. This is because the cash point dispensers at SASSA and selected branches of Postbank will start working early on payday. And in the event that you go for your grant at the Postbank ATMs, then your grant will be available from 06:00.

SRD R370: 24 to 30 June

As compared to the other permanent grants where the payment is done according to the calendar schedule below, the SRD R370 grant stands out because the payment of the grant is done using tranches in about a week to the end of the month. The window period for the June 2026 tranche will be between Wednesday 24 June and Tuesday 30 June.

Depending on your cell phone number, ID, mode of payment you use when applying for the grant and the date of your monthly verification, your payment batch will be known. It should be known that there is no specific way that batches that will give you the grant are known but what is known is that every month SASSA uses randomization. This means that those who are paid on the first day of May will be paid on the last tranche of June and vice versa.

After your monthly verification, your status on the portal will be Approved until payment of the grant is released after five days. This means that one should not worry seeing their status on the portal as Approved on 20 June even if the payment is not made.

SASSA Grant Payments April 2026

SASSA Grant Types and Amounts

New Grant Amounts from April 2026

And Then What about the Youth Day?

The Youth Day, which takes place on Tuesday, 16 June 2026, shall be observed as a public holiday in South Africa as it marks the Soweto uprising of 1976. As you can see, the Youth Day does not take place during any of the two periods in this month for which the Permanent Grant or SRD is being paid; thus, there is no effect of Youth Day on SASSA payment periods in this month.

What needs to be kept in mind here is that both the SASSA offices and Postbank will be shut down on the day of Youth Day. This means that if you have been planning to go to the office on the day of Youth Day to get your status checked or to complete your e-Life certification, then you need to find some other way out.

Payment Date Time Zone Guide

In case you get paid late

In relation to being paid late, there is nothing unusual about it; at the same time, there is nothing positive about it either. The possible reasons why you might be late with the payment until June 2026 may include the updating of your banking details after the last month, the e-Life flag for the permanent grant, SARS income flag for the SRD application, or just the SRD cycle batch being delayed.

What should you do first of all in case of delay? Firstly, you should make sure that the status of your SRD or SASSA permanent grant is updated and check whether it is “Approved” or “Paid.” In case of such an update, but the payment is still not made, you should wait a few business days, and usually, three days would be enough in case of bank or Postbank transaction. This should solve the problem; however, in case it does not work, you should do the following.

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July Payment Dates 2026

July follows the payment cycle of June. The granting of payment in July will be carried out during the first week of July; Old Person’s Grant will be granted on 1 July, Disability Grant will be granted on 2 July and Child’s Grant will be granted on 3 July. The payment cycle of SRD R370 will be from 24 July to 31 July.

If at all you need the payment calendar for the rest of the months in the financial year, you may check our SASSA Payment Calendar which is issued every month following the announcement of the date, taking into consideration the possibility of a public holiday disrupting the payment process.