LOCAL The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has warned those who receive, or are applying for, the R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant to be careful who they share their personal details with, and to always check their contact details on the system are correct. The agency issued[…]
LOCAL While the means test threshold to qualify to be a recipient of the social relief of distress (SRD) grant has been increased from R350 to R624, social development minister Lindiwe Zulu says they may have to consider a further adjustment to the threshold to enable more applicants to qualify.[…]
LOCAL The number of beneficiaries of the social relief of distress grant has dropped. Nearly 7.5 million people are now receiving the grant which was introduced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Social Development Minister and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) updated the media on the[…]
LOCAL Civil society organisation, Pay The Grants has slammed government’s proposals to replace the Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD) with Job Seekers Grant. The organisation has echoed the Institute for Economic Justice which says the proposals are designed to exclude as many people as possible. In discussion documents, the Presidency and[…]
The department of social development has debunked a blog claiming to “expose” how a syndicate can fraudulently claim R38,520 monthly in grants from the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa). The blog claims Sassa has nine types of grants available to citizens, foreigners and refugees and that with the birth of just one baby[…]
The Department of Social Development says Khayelitsha residents will soon enjoy better services. Minister Lindiwe Zulu visited the township on Tuesday, in response to community complaints over poor social services. Zulu says Sassa is looking forward to having permanent offices at a new building in Kuyasa, scheduled for opening in[…]
LOCAL ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for celebrating the increasing number of social relief of distress (SRD) grant recipients. The R350 SRD grant was introduced in 2020 to assist those who lost economic opportunities and were adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this year, Ramaphosa[…]
LOCAL Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu says the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) is working on a plan to help those receiving the R350 social relief distress grant (SRD) find work. Zulu revealed this while responding to a written parliamentary question from the EFF. The red berets asked “what measures of intervention[…]
Millions of South Africans will receive their old age, disability, social relief of distress (SRD) and other grants this week. The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) confirmed the dates on which recipients will receive their grants in August, reminding people “there is no need to rush to withdraw cash on[…]
LOCAL The Social Security Agency (SASSA) says payments for the new round of Social Relief of Distress grants are expected to begin in mid-June. It comes after over 10 million people, who applied to receive the new round of R350 grants in April, were not paid over the past two months. The Social[…]
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