How to Check SASSA Disability Grant Status in 2025? (Online)

SASSA provides monthly Disability Grant to deserving South Africans, just like the popular SRD grant. As of April 2025, the disability grant amount has increased to R2,190 from R2,180. 

This article will cover everything about SASSA Disability Grant Status Check Online, types of statuses, payment schedule, withdrawal methods, eligibility criteria, and even application submission process. 

SASSA Disability Grant Status Check Online: Step-by-Step Process

If you’ve applied for the SASSA disability grant, you can check your application status by following these steps:

1. Visit the SASSA Disability Grant Status Checker.

2. Enter your 13-digit South African ID number and 10-digit registered phone number.

3. Click on the ‘Save This Number’ option.

4. Tap the ‘Check Status’ button.

   

After this, your grant status will be shown, which can vary from Pending, Approved, Declined, to Cancelled. By selecting the ‘Save This Number’ option, you can store your information in the tool and avoid the trouble of re-entering it. You can even download your application status in a PDF form. 

Types of Status on SASSA Disability Grant:

Here are the three types of statuses or remarks you’ll receive on your disability grant application:

1. Pending

The 'Pending' status means your disability grant application is still under review. SASSA verifies your information and documents to confirm eligibility. It takes up to 90 days (or three months) for this status to change, so applicants need to wait for an update.

2. Approved

The ‘Approved Status’ means your application was accepted by SASSA. You will receive your relief payment on the same date you applied, in the following month.

3. Declined

The ‘Declined Status’ refers to a rejected SASSA disability grant, possibly due to incorrect information, an incomplete application, or not agreeing to terms. The agency will inform you of the reason via your registered phone number.

4. Cancelled

The ‘Cancelled Status’ refers to a suspended disability grant. SASSA checks your application every six months, and if your financial situation has improved, your grant will be cancelled.

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How Much Is SASSA Disability Grant in 2025?

SASSA pays the disability grant to thousands of South Africans. In the previous year, the relief amount was R2,080. However, the Finance Minister announced changes to the grant amounts in his Budget Speech.

According to the Budget Speech, the SASSA disability grant was increased to R2,180 as of April 1, 2024. Later on, the amount was increased by R10, bringing the total to R2,190.

How to Withdraw Your Approved SASSA Disability Grant?

This is how you can withdraw your disability grant amount: 

1. Via Cash Send Service

Applicants using the Cash Send service can collect their relief by bringing their ID and registered phone number to any of these retailers:

1. Shoprite

2. Checkers

3. Pick n Pay

4. Boxer stores

5. Usave

6. Selected OK Foods Supermarkets.

2. Via Smart Card

Those with a SASSA smart card can withdraw their disability grant payments in one of these ways:

1. Bank ATM

2. Local Retailers

3. Via Bank or ATM

If you have selected your bank account as a payment method, then use this method:

1. Visit your Bank ATM.

2. Insert your Debit Card into the machine and enter the PIN code. 

3. Select your amount and click on ‘Withdraw Payment’.

Note: The post office method has been officially discontinued since January 2024 and is no longer available.

SASSA Disability Grant Payment Dates For 2025

Here’s the complete payment schedule for Disability Grant for the Financial Year 2024/ 2025. 

Eligibility Criteria for SASSA Disability Grant

Applicants with a mental or physical disability can apply for this relief if they meet this eligibility criteria:

• You must be a South African citizen, permanent resident, or refugee.

• Living in the borders of South Africa.

• Aged 18 to 59 years.

• Hold a 13-digit ID card.

• Not living in a state care institution (i.e., Care Home, Rehabilitation Centre).

• Earn less than R86,280 per year if single or R172,560 if married or unemployed for over six months due to disability.

• Must not be receiving other social grants.

• Have assets worth less than R1,227,600 (single) or R2,455,200 (married).

• Undergo a medical exam by a government-appointed doctor.

• Provide any previous medical records and reports made during the submission of your disability grant application to SASSA.

If you’re under 18, then an alternative identity verification process will be required. You’ll need to complete an affidavit at SASSA’s office, bring a sworn statement signed by an official (e.g., councillor, traditional leader, social worker, minister of religion, or school principal), give a fingerprint impression to SASSA, and apply for an ID card with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). 

You must apply for the ID within three months of submitting your disability application. If the DHA rejects your ID request, your relief will not be approved.

How to Apply for SASSA Disability Grant?

Applicants can apply for a disability grant by following these steps:

• Fill out and submit the Disability Grant application form at your nearest SASSA office.

• Provide the applicable documents:

• South African ID Card (or affidavit, sworn statement, fingerprint attestation and a proof of application with DHA)

• Medical report confirming your disability. 

• Proof of marital status

• Proof of residence.

• Proof of income or dividends.

• Proof of assets, including the municipal value of your property.

• Proof of private pension.

• Your bank statements for the past three months.

• Refugee status permit and 13-digit refugee ID.

• UIF document or a discharge certificate from your last employer.

• Copy of will, liquidation, and distribution accounts if your spouse passed away in the last five years.

• Take the proof of application submission and wait for a maximum 90 days.

After your application is approved, you’ll receive a temporary grant if your disability lasts for six months and a permanent grant if it continues for a year. Unlike the SRD grant, SASSA reviews your disability grant applications every six months to see if you’re still eligible. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

1. What To Do If My SASSA Disability Grant Gets Rejected? 

If your application gets declined after you’ve done SASSA disability grant status check online, then you can lodge an appeal within 90 days of receiving the notification. 

2. How to Fix No Pay Date on Disability Grant?

No payment date usually means missing or recently updated bank details. To resolve this, add a payment method and wait for a week. If you’ve already changed details, then just keep waiting. 

3. Why My Disability Grant is Cancelled? 

Your disability grant may be suspended if your financial situation improves, you don’t communicate back with SASSA for contact or payment details update, or if found guilty of fraud. 

4. When Will My Disability Grant Laps? 

An applicant's disability grant lapse if they die, leave the country, don’t collect their relief amount for three straight months, or get admitted to a care center. 

5. How to Report To SASSA for Delay in Release of Disability Grant Payment?

When your disability grant gets delayed, you can contact SASSA at (+27) 800 60 10 11, Whatsapp them at 082 046 8553, or visit any SASSA office.