How to Collect R350 Grant at Pick n Pay?

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How to Collect R350 Grant at Pick n Pay?

If long queues at the post office, hustle and bustle and rush around you bother you, when collecting your R 350 grant here is the good news for you! You can get your SASSA R 350 payment through Pick n Pay stores. 

No doubt the organisation keeps on working for betterment and ease of beneficiaries. Here in this article we will look at the details about how you can collect your R 350 grant via Pick n Pay and how to first change your payment method with SASSA. Let’s discuss it below.

How to Collect R350 Grant at Pick n Pay?
How to Collect R350 Grant at Pick n Pay?

How to Collect R350 Grant at Pick n Pay? 

SASSA is one of the prominent organisations working in South Africa to help South Africans in overcoming challenges like hunger, financial instability, unemployment and poverty. The organisation has been working for years and is continuously making amendments in its systems and methods so that more people can get benefits. 

If you have applied for a R 350 grant and your grant application has been accepted, you have to select the payment method via which organisation can send you the payments. There are various methods that the organisation uses to send grant amounts to eligible Africans. 

In case you are tired of using traditional methods, like visiting the post office and standing there in queues for long long hours, we have come up with the advanced methods and the procedure that you can opt for to get your payment easily and conveniently. 

Pick n Pay is one of the advance payment methods that you can go with to receive your grant amount. In order to get your payment through Pick n Pay you do not need to stand in long queues for hours nor do you have to face several problems. 

You can simply change the payment method and can select the Pick n Pay method to get the payment in no time. Here is the description of how to change the payment method first. We will look at the procedure to change your payment method before looking at the procedure to collect SRD R350 grant at Pick n Pay.

How To Change SASSA SRD Payment Method To Pick n Pay? 

Here is the step by step procedure via which you can change the payment method of SRD SASSA R 350 grant to Pick n Pay. Make sure to pay attention  and follow the procedure as it is to get access to your fund successfully. In order to change SASSA SRD R 350 payment method to Pick n Pay what you have to do is to,

  • Visit the official web portal of SASSA by clicking on srd.sassa.gov.za/. 
  • Then you have to scroll down and you will see two options. 
  • One option would be for asylum seekers and special permit holders and the other option would be for South African ID holders. 
  • On the basis of your citizenship status, you have to click on “click here to proceed.” 
  • Then you have to fill in the required information to confirm your identity and verify your information on the basis of your citizenship status.

For Asylum Seekers or Special Permit Holders:

Whether you are an asylum seeker with a valid file number or you are a special permit holder with your file number, you have to provide your file number and passport number in this step. You must be a special permit holder from Angola,  Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Furthermore, you also have to provide your self phone number and make sure to enter the number that you have used when applying for the SRD grant.

For South Africa ID Card Holders:

Most South African citizens who are receiving SASSA SRD R 350 grant as a South African ID card holder should click on “how do I change my banking details option.” Then you have to put the South African ID card number that is a 13 digit number in your green ID book or South African ID card.

  • As soon as you provide the details you have to then verify the OTP code that will be sent to the registered SASSA phone number that you have registered when applying for the grant. 
  • You have to verify it and you will receive a secure link to the SMS method on your mobile. 
  • You have to verify the OTP then click on the link to continue updating the payment method. 
  • When you click on the link, you will be landed onto a form page, where you have to select your payment method. 
  • Click on “Pick n Pay” from this form. 
  • Then you have to read the terms and conditions box carefully, understand them and agree to them to proceed further. 
  • Now submit your form and wait until you receive the approval. 
  • This takes approximately 14 to 15 business days to get a response from SASSA. 
  • After your application of changing the payment method gets approved, you will receive an sms notification. 
  • That will confirm that now you can receive your SASSA payment from Pick n Pay stores.

How To Collect SASSA SRD Payment Through Pick n Pay

As soon as you will change your payment method and receive an approval through SMS, what you have to do is to, 

  • Arrange the following documents including your ID number, your cell phone number that you have used when applying for the grant and the text message that your grant has been approved for the current month with you and visit the nearest Pick n Pay Store. 
  • Locate the nearest Pick n Pay store and look for the operating hours of the store.
  • Then you have to request your grant payment at the counter and ask the representative that you want to get your SRD R 350 payment. 
  • The representative will then verify your identity and for that you have to provide your mobile number and ID card. 
  • Moreover, you also have to show them the SMS you have received from the agency. 
  • Make sure to show and provide all the necessary details clearly to the representative, so they can improve your payment. 
  • As soon as your identity is verified, you will receive a USSD message on your phone. 
  • You have to approve it to get your payment. 
  • After the approval of the USSD message you can receive your grant payment from the Pick n Pay representative in cash. 

No doubt receiving your grant payment through Pick n Pay is very simple and easy.

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Collect R350 Grant from Pick n Pay

FAQ’s

If you want to know about the other methods via which you can get your grant payments, you have the option of getting the payment directly from your bank through an ATM or via visiting the post offices. However, all of these are time consuming and quite difficult. The best, efficient and advanced method via which you can get payments of your grant amount is via Pick n Pay.

You cannot collect the grant amount without an SMS. An SMS service is essential to receive your payment at Pick n Pay  Moreover, you must approve the USSD code that will be sent to you via SMS.

Conclusion

Hopefully, you have gone through the above article that tells you about the procedure via which you can get your SRD payment through Pick n Pay. The article tells you about how you can first change your SASSA SRD R370 payment method and convert it to Pick n Pay and then what steps you have to follow to receive your payment through this method. Make sure to pay attention so you can get your payment without standing in long queues.