Recipients of Sassa Social grants can now breathe a sigh of relief as many having begun receiving their grant payouts, after being delayed for a considerable amount of time. The agency also went on to confirm payment for other social grants for the current month. Beneficiaries of Sassa Social grants began getting their grants on … Read more
Foster parents can apply for government financial assistance to sustain the needs of the child. In order to receive that financial assistance, there are processes that need to be followed when applying for a foster care grant. Before applying for a foster care grant for the child under your care, you need to make sure that … Read more
Here is everything you need to know about how to access your R350 grant payment from any location. SASSA encourages grant recipients to understand the current grant collection process as payments of the R350 grant continue. The South African Social Social Security Agency (Sassa) R350 grant was introduced to provide for financially vulnerable South African … Read more
If your R350 SRD grant application status says ‘Self Exclusionary Response Found’, Here’s what this means, and lodge an appeal to SASSA. The R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant was introduced in 2020 when many South Africans lost their jobs due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) distributes this … Read more
Many Sassa R350 grant applicants are left with the status “Pending” and are unsure of what this means in relation to the progress of their application. Sassa has explained what this means and what happens to your application when you submit it. Although Sassa is still processing payments of the current cycle of the Social … Read more
Recently, it was announced that the Post Office would no longer be a collection point for R350 grant payments. The Department of Social Development is now aiming to make more collection points available for beneficiaries. Currently, grant payments for the Special Relief of Distress (SRD) grant can be paid through a bank account or collected … Read more
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says payments for the new cycle of the special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grants (SRD) R350 grant – from April 2022 – will be paid from mid-June 2022. On Monday, SASSA said it will continue clearing outstanding payments from the previous cycle as and when the bank … Read more
Some Social Relief and Distress (SRD) grant beneficiaries have not been paid for the past two months since their resubmitted applications received approval. The Department of Social Development (DSD) admits to a few glitches and has revealed how it plans to release payments. SRD grant beneficiaries are hopeful that they will finally get their grant … Read more
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says she is concerned for beneficiaries of the R350 grant who have not yet received their payments, but that many processes have to be completed before the R350 grants can be distributed. In a joint media statement made by many civil society groups such as, the Black Sash, the Institute … Read more
COSATU condemns the government’s failure to pay millions of R350 grant beneficiaries their payments since April. The union requests for this matter to be fixed immediately. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) encourages the government to pay beneficiaries what they are owed, including arrears. COSATU finds it unacceptable that the Special Covid-19 Social … Read more