sassa level 4 lockdown 2024-2025

sassa level 4 lockdown 2024-2025

According to the Department of Public Service and Administration circular, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will continue to be open and run with a smaller staff complement under Adjusted Alert level 4.

“Applications for social grants at all local offices will be staggered according to grant type, for instance Mondays will be for older persons, Tuesdays for disability grants, Wednesdays and Thursdays for child grant applications, and Fridays for appointments and spill over from the week,” Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, said on Friday.

She was speaking to the media in Pretoria about her department’s response to COVID-19 and the President’s newly announced Level 4 Risk Adjusted Strategy.

The Department of Social Development has been able to expedite the digitization of its services thanks to some of the adjustments it made in response to COVID-19.

One of these is the online reservation system for disability grants, which has greatly reduced the time and expenses for both SASSA and grant applicants.

“We take great pride with the significant progress we have registered since the launch of the online booking system in April this year. We therefore would like to encourage disability grant applicants to make use of the SASSA online booking system, which can be accessed through the agency’s website at www.sassa.gov.za.

“This will allow applicants to book assessment dates for the disability assessments. Our staff at SASSA offices can also assist clients with this system to ensure that they avoid repeated visits to local offices,” the Minister said.

The staggered grant payments will be maintained by SASSA, with the first payment date set aside for seniors, followed by the payment of all child grants and grants for people with disabilities.

“This month, payments of social grants will start on Tuesday 6 July. Once again, we appeal to all grant recipients that they do not need to collect their grants on the day it becomes available, but can collect their grants on any day as their monies will remain in their accounts and will not be taken away from them,” Zulu said.