Grants agency, Sassa, has announced that its beneficiaries would receive their money for December on the 28th of
November.
“The early December payment should not be seen as a bonus or double payment as it is mainly intended for the convenience of
beneficiaries,” Sassa said in a statement.
“Sassa does not pay a bonus at all and beneficiaries are paid for twelve months only per year.”
The agency urged beneficiaries to protect their PIN codes and avoid giving strangers their ID numbers, even if they claimed to be from Sassa, as the festive season tends to see an increase in scams to defraud beneficiaries. Beneficiaries should be mindful of scams operated through WhatsApp and social media.
#SASSA on festive season grants payments pic.twitter.com/Fe8kl76tBb
— South African Government (@GovernmentZA) November 18, 2019
“This is the time where most beneficiaries were targeted through a lot of scams that criminals were circulating with an effort to rob unsuspecting beneficiaries of their money, so beneficiaries must be vigilant around the festive season.”
The next payment, after 28 November, will be on 31 December.
December payments will be available from the 28th of November 2019; January payments will be available from 31st of December 2020
— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) November 19, 2019
African News Agency