SASSA Clarifies Double Grant Payment News Circulating Online

Something broke out on social media in June 2025. Rumors claimed that SASSA (South African Social Security Agency) would pay all beneficiaries double social grants in this month and also introduced rules for pensioners from June 10. This kind of inaccurate information created confusion among more than 19 million people in South Africa who depended on these grants for their livelihood.

SASSA Confirms No Extra Grants for June 2025

With reference to the said Fox Fox posting on social media in June 2025, SASSA clear that no viewer will receive any double or extra grant payments for this month. As per SASSA, all payments will follow as follows, according to the fixed plans and only be given according to the increased amount announced in April 2025.

Many people now are looking forward to the double disbursement for unnecessary expenses planned, and SASSA reported that no new policy will be introduced before its formal announcement and deposition in the government budget. Forbes tell Christians to seek information not from other sources but the original and warns against false news.

Rumor causes long queues at offices and call centers

The rumor happened to be in circulation just at the time when funds are drawn for grants and by early month. The people zoomed in on SASSA offices and call centers only to find out it was all based on false hope for double pay. This led to disruption in normal operations and developed an atmosphere of panic.

SASSA’s Quick and Clear Reaction

When the misinformation came out on social media, SASSA was quick to make a statement. The agency confirmed that there are no additional payments scheduled for June 2025 nor any changes to its pension rule.

SASSA renewed the parenthesis that the grant amount had already increased once in 2025 in April due to a national budget announcement, with the next change due in October-already announced by the Ministry of Finances.

No double payments, no new rules

As stated by SASSA, no government policy was altered or any special provision made to enable doubling of payments for any category of beneficiaries for June. All payments will proceed as scheduled and will amount to what was effective from April in this year.

No extra funds have been appropriated by the National Treasury for June. SASSA spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi portrayed the rumor as “deliberately spread false propaganda”.

Effects of Misinformation

Many grant-dependent people made choices on etiquette that they could not afford. Some took loans while others overspent believing that their double payment would come through, thus getting in worse trouble.

SASSA has made its position clear that no bonus or special payment will be made unless it is so announced on a nationally published schedule that will include it in the government’s financial plan.

Official payment schedule for June 2025

SASSA has also made public the authorized payment dates for June 2025:

In the month of June, there is absolutely no online payment cycle available in any case.

The howlers that one hears about the pensioners have, along with some other gossip, made headlines on social media; from where the pensioners were to have new rules instituted by the 10th of June, like nominal variable-based mortgages, payment benefits, or eligibility allowances.

SASSA has put an end to all of this and made it clear that there were no changes in respect of eligibility and payment for old age grants. The origin of these rumors seemed to have been in one of the social media supermarkets where the howling words from SASSA’s followers got spread. Whereas in reality, the rules are the name of the game in SASSA’s normal procedures, and that has always been there.

A variable-associate comradeship started in April 2025.

SASSA had started a variable training program in April 2025 only on some specific dragons being – either being, or became conflicted, or became a disturbance in the incidence of income. Some channels in social media were misinforming about the applicability of all pensions in the confusion – which is utterly wrong.

The truth is this:

• They say that only the procedure that applies to Jenny is in the file.
• Persons masked in an income test in South Africa can be asked to submit their studies.
• No need to take any action against anyone unofficially.

Get the proper information to use government resources.

SASSA has shared a very important task with the entire situation – that all Natives should obtain the information only and only from official sources.

Nowadays, social media has become the biggest source of misinformation in the digital age. SASSA pleaded with the public to rely only on Veri’s official accounts and websites.

Official source for information

• SASSA official website – Payment dates, policy changes, and guidelines are shared there
• Veri official social media accounts – Check for updates from Blue Tick Accounts on Facebook, X/Twitter, etc.

Public advice on SASSA

SASSA finally made an important public announcement – to maintain the integrity of the social assistance system on the basis of credible information and to dispel counterfeiting.

When counterfeiting prevails by way of false news, it mostly hits people who are already financially weak. It entails long deferred waiting, misdirected financial decisions, and mental stress that follow such rumors.

So SASSA is operationally defined as:

• Confirm any information before passing on
• Do not answer any unknown sketch or Facebook message
• If in doubt about any policy or payment, write to the real SASSA office.

Conclusion

The South African SASSA system is a lifeline for one-third of the population of the country. It has its principle imposed not merely upon the government but upon the public who are aware and cooperate. There will be no double grant in June 2025 for pensioners, nor are there any new rules going to be instituted for pensioners. SASSA itself has corroborated such statements.

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