These are the child grant dates for Sassa to disburse in February 2025

Amid the frozen Ithala accounts issue and the recent controversial High Court rulings, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) February 2025 Children’s Grants are going ahead, with payment expected from Thursday, February 6.

The Child Support Grant provides essential financial support to lower-income households in South Africa, ensuring children’s basic needs are met.

Sassa processes the Child Support Grant together with the Foster Child and Care Dependency grant on the confirmed date in the first week of every month.

The payment amounts for the children’s grants are:

Child Support Grant: R530

Care Dependency Grant: R2,190

Foster Child Grant: R1, 190

You can check your February 2025 payment at sassacheck.com by entering your phone number and South African ID. Once your grant status shows “February 2025 approved” you should be paid for the month and receive your full grant.

Sassa has issued a critical reminder to grant beneficiaries still using the Sassa Gold Cards.  These cards are scheduled to stop working on Friday, February 28, 2025.

Postbank confirmed the deadline, urging beneficiaries to upgrade to the new Black Card to avoid disruptions in accessing their grants. 

“All Sassa Gold Cards will stop working on February 28, 2025,” Postbank stated in a post on Tuesday. “If you haven’t upgraded to the Postbank Black Card, dial *120*218*3# to find outlets in your area.”

Beneficiaries can continue using their Gold Cards at major retail chains like Shoprite, Pick n Pay, Spar, and Boxer, as well as ATMs nationwide, until the deadline.

Furthermore, on Tuesday, February 4, SASSA issued an alert about the fraudulent eKYC link currently circulating, which is being sent to beneficiaries to verify their information after grant applications.

“Please be advised that the official eKYC system is currently down for maintenance, and we are working tirelessly with the relevant departments to ensure that it will be up and running as soon as possible,

"We will notify you once the eKYC system is operational again," said SASSA.