In law, the SASSA War Veterans Grant is a social assistance grant extended to those who have served in the historical wars, such as World War II, the Korean War, and the like. Grant increases pertaining to 2025 have been given effect in the recent social grant increases. The timer below gives the major information.
Amounts Updated Up to 2025
By SASSA, from the 1st of April, 2025, all types of permanency grants including that of a War Veteran were seen to have been increased. Hence, the War Veterans Grant is R2 335 per month. Prior to this, at the very beginning of 2025, it stood fixed at R2 205, the payments generally being affected on an annual or bi-annual basis with inflation and general price increase pressures prevailing at any given time. Approval for the War Veteran Grant to all those on or before 2025 shall-Court-Payment is to be done at the amount of R 2,335 on a monthly basis in accordance to the contractual agreement made with SASSA.
Who Qualifies: Requirements for Eligibility
Applicants shall meet the following to become eligible for the 2025 War Veteran Grant:
- War-service Criteria: A person must have served in the Second World War between 1939 and 1945 or relevantly in the Korean War period of 1950 to 1953.
- Age or Disability: The age of the applicant should be above 60 years, or the disabled must not be able to support himself.
- Citizenship & Residency: A South African citizen or permanent resident is required, depending on the place of residence.
- Means Test (Income & Assets): Applicants shall fulfill the means test requirements.
- For instance: Unmarried single applicants: Should not have an income of more than R86,280.00 gross per annum, or its equivalent, and should have assets below a specified threshold.
- In the case of married applicants, the income and assets of the applicant must be considered conjointly with those of the spouse.
- Any residential property where the applicants reside shall not be taken into consideration as an asset-if either the applicant or spouse owns it.
Forbid Being in Another Grant or Fully State-Funded InstitutionYou should find yourself outside of the social grants already being received on your behalf (save some exceptions).
Application, Payment & Review Process
- How to Apply
- Application is made in person at the nearest SASSA office.
- All required documents must be submitted-that is, proof of war service, your ID, financial disclosures, and medical reports, if those are demanded.
- Following special circumstances in which a person is physically incapacitated or unable to make an appearance at the SASSA site, a representative may make an application on such a person’s behalf or a home visit may be requested.
2.Processing Period & Backdating
- The processing of your application may take up to three months.
- The grant is normally backdated to the date of application if it is approved.
3.Payment Schedule
- The payment of the War Veteran Grant normally coincides with all other ordinary grants in the first week of each month.
- This means that, if October 2025 is considered as an example, then payments would be made on 2 October 2025 for the War Veteran Grant.
4. Review, Suspension or Lapse
- Suspension of your grants could take place if your conditions had changed (e.g. increase in income, increase in assets, refusal to respond to review).
- The lapse occurs if you do not draw grants for three months in a row, or in case of death. Other lapses on the grants include permanent residence outside the country.
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