The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has announced confirmations for the month of October 2025, relating to the payments for the Grant-In-Aid of R560. Those persons who are receiving grants and require full-time care or assistance due to incapacity are supposed to benefit from this grant. With the increasing cost of living and the many demands for social support, plenty of families would like to know the schedule for the month, the eligibility, and how to collect the grant.
What is the SASSA Grant-In-Aid?
Primarily, the Grant-In-Aid offers additional support or top-ups to any recipient or to any grant paid to that beneficiary by SASSA. It cannot act as a grant, purely on its own, being paid to an individual who is already receiving a Permanent Disability Grant, An Older Persons Grant, or War Veterans Grant. The recipients should in such a degree be so severely disabled and incapacitated to need round-the-clock care from the point of view of suffering definitely severe ill-health or gross disability or old age. The medically certified state has to declare that the person affected is in need of assistance in at least some activities of daily care. Older persons in Grant-In-Aid households receive an amount of R560 per month from October 2025 onward to further support or alleviate the burden of expenses pertaining to these households with dependent vulnerable persons.
Conditions of Eligibility
Applicants for the R560 Grant-In-Aid must satisfy the following criteria:
- Holder of Another Grant Must be a recipient of an SASSA social grant from SASSA (with the exception of all child-related grants and the SRD Grant).
- Medical Assessment Requires an assessment from a medical doctor or a certification that full-time care is necessary.
- Residency Status Must be a South African citizen or a permanent resident or, legally recognized as a refugee in South Africa.
- Means Test Compliance All means criteria regarding income and asset limits, as prescribed by SASSA, have already been met with regard to this grant.
This grant can therefore be regarded as a somewhat supplementary mechanism relating to raising the caregivers or assured to family members that are at present spending time giving that care.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 2025
SASSA has released official dates for payment of all grants for October 2025, including the Grant-In-Aid of R560. The top-up must be paid on the day the main grant is paid.
- Older Persons Grants (Including Grant-In-Aid): From Thursday 3 October 2025.
- Disability Grants (Including Grant-In-Aid): From Friday 4 October 2025.
- Child Grants shall be first paid on Monday 7 October 2025.
Payments shall be effected on the scheduled date or perhaps a few working days hence depending on the stipulated option of bank accounts, Postbank Gold Cards, or payouts at retail outlets such as Shoprite, Pick n Pay, Boxer, and Checkers.
How does one go about applying for a Grant-In-Aid?
In the even that one or any interested party believes that he or she may be eligible but has failed to make an application, such person or party may apply in any SASSA office and must present the following:
- Certified Medical report showing the care requirement.
- South African ID.
- Proof of residence, as well as social grant details that an applicant already receives.
- Applications, which are free of charge, shall be considered for approval through verification of submitted documents and medical assessment.
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