What SASSA has confirmed were the payment dates of February 2026 in relation to social grants, thus providing a vital window into secure finance planning in the New Year-according to the financial year calendar of 2025/2026. SASSA follows an extended phase of payments of grants scattered around the first few days of the month.
Key Grants Receiving Payment
For February 2026, the payment of the Older Persons’ Grant has been set on Tuesday, the third of February, while the Disability Grant is scheduled for the day after- that is, Wednesday, the fourth of February. All the Children’s Grants and permanent social grants will be dispensed on Thursday, 5th, February 2026. The figures are applicable to the Older Persons’ Grant including War Veterans, the Disability Grant, or other standard pro-rata monthly grants.
What Beneficiaries Must Know
On the payment date, payment beneficiaries are able to use their funds through direct deposit performed in bank accounts or withdrawal through approved payment points or retailers. SASSA has also asked that beneficiaries not rush to get the grant money on the first day, because claimants have plenty of time to either draw it from ATM or retailer outlets over a few days, for a month, up to the next release.
Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Payments
The SRD grant, which applies to R350 per month for certain unemployed adults, undergoes a different payment system. SRD payouts come only after all monthly audits have been done. These came near the latter part of the same month when the said grant was supposed to be given out. As such, beneficiaries are advised to check their status online and be sure on which day of the month their payouts will be processed.
Updating Banking Details and Personal Information
SASSA reminds its beneficiaries to keep their personal and banking information current to minimize disruptions or nonpayment of grants. Ideally, changes in bank account, contact details, or payment method must be communicated to SASSA well before the 19th of each month such that SASSA should be able to process the information and implement changes during the upcoming payment cycle.
Path Ahead with Confidence
How great is it that we all know that, with the official dates of pay for February 2026 out, grant receivers can count on their fiscal planning with confidence? Keeping up to date with dates on the calendar, maintaining up-to-date information, and checking their space for grants every now and then is the path that is laid down too smoothly subcutaneously for the needed graceful assistance this year.