R350 grant reapplication

2022 - 4 - 24

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R350 grant beneficiaries need to reapply - Social Development (East Coast Radio)

The Department of Social Development is urging people who still require the R350 social relief of distress grant to reapply.

Recipients of COVID-19's SRD grant will have to reapply (Eyewitness News)

The Social Development Department says millions of recipients who were receiving the R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant will have to reapply for it.

Fortunately, the whole process will still be online." JOHANNESBURG - The Social Development Department says millions of recipients who were receiving the R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant will have to reapply for it. The Social Development Department says millions of recipients who were receiving the R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant will have to reapply for it.

Black Sash disappointed by reapplication process for R350 grant (Jacaranda FM)

Human Rights group Black Sash says it is disappointed by government's decision to require all beneficiaries of the R350 Sassa grant to reapply for the ...

The requirements for applying have become more stringent which makes thousands of people to be disqualified. “We hope that the political will shifts and people realise the human rights obligations of look-out for the poor and make sure that the most vulnerable in our society are looked out after.” “We are not clear what is the status of the payments for the grants in April, this means a whole lot of people haven’t been paid.

All R350 'cash send' grant recipients have been paid via bank or ... (TimesLIVE)

Sassa says all R350 social relief of distress grant beneficiaries who chose the “cash send” payment option have been paid.

“It must, however, be noted that checks and balances have to be in place before any cash send payments can be made. “All clients who chose the cash send option were sent SMS notifications advising them to choose a different option. “As soon as treasury approves our request, we will pay every cent owed to this category of beneficiaries without wasted time.

Updated R350 grant rules for South Africa (BusinessTech)

The Department of Social Development has announced that South Africans will need to reapply for the R350 Social relief of distress grant as the government ...

It will now be transferred under the Social Assistance Act. This means that all applications lodged in April will be considered from April 2022.” More than 10 million people depend on state money.

New Social Relief of Distress Grant regulation puts 'millions' at risk of ... (Daily Maverick)

At 5.50pm on Friday afternoon, the Department of Social Development issued an important media statement announcing the publication of new regulations ...

Yesterday, Maverick Citizen sent a comprehensive list of questions to Lumka Oliphant, media spokesperson for the department. Howson pointed out that while the IEJ had made substantial submissions on the draft regulations, their submissions and warnings were ignored. So too will be the requirement that beneficiaries have bank accounts, something millions of poor people do not have. In fact, Maverick Citizen has seen correspondence suggesting that there was a danger that the SRD would be stopped in May while new regulations and systems were finalised. However, the new regulations issued by Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu on Friday contradict this. The grant, an amount of R350 per month, is presently paid to more than 10 million people.