October 2025 was the month SASSA added R10 to the adult grants, halfway through the 2025/26 financial year. If you are comparing an old bank statement with what you should have received, or wondering why your grant looks different now, the figures below show what applied then and what applies today.
Amounts paid in October 2025
- Older persons grant (60 to 74): R2,320, up from R2,310
- Older persons grant (75 and older): R2,340, up from R2,330
- War veterans grant: R2,340, up from R2,330
- Disability grant: R2,320, up from R2,310
- Care dependency grant: R2,320, up from R2,310
- Child support grant: R560, unchanged (R840 with the R280 orphan top-up)
- Foster child grant: R1,250, unchanged
- Grant-in-aid: R560, unchanged
- SRD grant: R370, unchanged
The older persons and disability figures are maximums. Both grants are means-tested, so a person with other income could legitimately receive less. The dates these amounts were paid on are on our October 2025 payment dates page.
Where the R10 came from
For the adult grants, the 2025/26 increase came in two steps: the gazetted amounts applied from April 2025, and a second R10 step followed in October 2025. SASSA announced the October step on 26 September 2025, and SAnews published the before-and-after amounts listed above. Children’s grants and the foster child grant had no October step that year.
This split explains a figure that still confuses people: R2,315. National Treasury quoted R2,315 for the older persons grant in its 2025/26 tables, but that was the average over twelve months (six months at R2,310 and six at R2,320). No pensioner was ever paid R2,315 in a month. The same applies to R2,335 for war veterans.
October 2025 compared with today
- Older persons, disability and care dependency: R2,320 then, R2,400 since April 2026 (R80 more).
- Older persons 75 and older, and war veterans: R2,340 then, R2,420 now.
- Child support grant and grant-in-aid: R560 then, R580 now.
- Foster child grant: R1,250 then, R1,290 from April 2026 and R1,300 from October 2026.
- SRD: R370 then and now.
Unlike 2025, the current year has no October step for pensioners, disability or child support; only the foster child grant moves in October 2026. The reasons behind the 2026/27 amounts are covered on our 2026 grant increase page, and the months when they are paid are in the current payment schedule.
If your October 2025 amount looked wrong
An October 2025 deposit of R2,310 instead of R2,320, without a means-test reason, would point to an underpayment. Gather the bank statement for that month and contact SASSA on 0800 60 10 11 or GrantEnquiries@sassa.gov.za. To see how the rest of that year ran, month by month, use the 2025/26 schedule archive.