460 sassa grant 2024-2025
460 sassa grant 2024-2025
Sassa acknowledges that there were no R350 grants distributed in April or May.
While the government implements a new procedure, social relief of distress grant payments has been suspended. The new round of the grant has received 10.6 million applications.
Sassa expects to resume grant payments in mid-June.
Sassa expects to resume grant payments in mid-June.
- The 10.6 million people who applied for the new round of the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant beginning on April 1 have yet to receive payments for April and May.
- The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) plans to start making payments in the middle of June after other social grants have been distributed. The grant’s availability was increased in the February budget, and it is now valid through March 2023.
- The Department of Social Development’s decision to implement a means test for the grant’s subsequent phase of administration caused the delay. Anyone earning R350 or more a month, even if it comes from a family member, will not be eligible. However, in order to put the test into action, Sassa had to sign new contracts with banks that will check bank accounts for income.
The department and Sassa stated in a presentation to Parliament last week:
“To enable the means testing, Sassa needed to procure the services of banks. This process was completed in the previous year, but required the concurrence of the minister of finance, before concluding the contracts. The concurrence from the minister of finance was received on 30 April 2022. The concurrence, however, contained additional conditions, which the bank’s legal services had to work through, resulting in delays in concluding the contracts.”
- The grant is intended to reach the most disadvantaged members of society, as the previous means test only disqualified those who were employed. The SRD received R44 billion from the February budget, which is sufficient to meet the service needs of 10.5 million people. The office expressed that more candidates were normal this time around.
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