Normal grant payments for January 2026 will commence in the first working week of the month. The Elderly Persons Grant for senior citizens earning state support shall be paid on 6th January 2026 (owed from the period beginning with some recipients 60 to 74.). The Elderly Persons Grant paid to the elderly, aged 75 years and older, will follow, increasing the weekly rate of the grant slightly. The Disability Grant for disablements paid to disabled-only beneficiaries will be paid on the 7th of January 2026. These grant categories are paid early in the month so as to ensure layoff relief reaches the needy as quickly as possible.
Grant for Children and Other Monthly Grants
The Child Grants, which are to be paid on Thursday, 8 January 2026, include Grants for Children under their Child Support Grant, Foster Child Grant, Care Dependency Grant, among others. These grants provide care for children by their families during the month to make it possible to meet their basic needs being food, education, and health without interruption. Each payout is crucial to many families’ budget planning at the beginning of the year.
SRD R370 Grant Payment Window
The relief grant from Social Relief of Distress (SRD) now pays R370 monthly to those still living in abject poverty on another timing schedule relative to the set grants. There is not just one specific day upon which all SRD recipients are paid. Payment of this grant for January would fall in a five-day period at the end of the month, somewhere around Tuesday, 27th to Saturday, 31st January 2026, depending on the individual information from the computer.
SASSA is urging beneficiaries to check online or through the correct channels regarding their grant status before these dates. That way, there will be less time wasted due to payments being returned because one’s personal and banking details were not updated. Moreover, beneficiaries should look to SMS messages concerning their specific payday inside the SRD window.