Sassa working around the clock to rectify R350 grant payment delays There have been delays in payments of the R350 COVID relief grant in March, but Sassa said that was due to a number of reasons and it is now working to ensure that recipients are paid at the end of April. A South African Social Security Agency office in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN one hour ago JOHANNESBURG – The Social Security Agency of South Africa (Sassa) has assured South Africans the delay in COVID-19 grant payments would be resolved before the end of April. Some recipients were yet to receive their money.