SASSA R350 grants

Applicants who receive R350 a month or more in financial support will be disqualified from the social relief of distress grant in the next cycle.

“If the results from the bank verification referred in sub-regulation contradict the results from the data checks referred to in sub-regulation, the results from the bank verification must be used to make the final determination,” read the criteria. Sapo and Sassa advised those eligible for the grant to choose this payment option in their applications for the grant. Previously, the income threshold to qualify for the grant was R595, which was inclusive of child support grant beneficiaries. Payments for the new cycle of the R350 grant will be made from mid-June to beneficiaries who reapplied. “The department will thus be providing the R350 grant to less people in the third iteration than what it did in the second iteration,” she added. The social development department says applicants who receive R350 a month or more in financial support from a family member or elsewhere will be disqualified from the social relief of distress (SRD) grant in the next cycle, as it aims to prioritise those who need it most.

Payments of the SASSA R350-a-month Special Relief of Distress grant will be resumed mid-June, says the Department of Social Development.

Explaining the delay, Sibeko said SASSA had to procure the services of banks for the means test process. But all those who got the grant have to re-apply in the new cycle. “The grant which can assist 10.5 million people cannot cover everyone who is unemployed,” she said. If more than R350 is coming into an applicant’s account, they will not qualify for the grant. Previously, means tests were only conducted if applicants appealed against a decision to reject their application. Payments for the new cycle of the Covid R350-a-month grant will be made from mid-June, according to deputy director-general of the Department of Social Development Brenda Sibeko.

The SASSA R350 Social Relief Grant reapplication process may result in millions of people losing their only source of income. Any applicant who receives.

The department will thus be providing the R350 grant to fewer people this time around.” Any applicant who receives R350 or more in financial assistance from their family will be ineligible for the grant. “The duty is to preserve these funds and aspects of the regulations has to be strengthened in fraud protection and ensuring they go to those who they are intended for.

The Department of Social Development told a Parliament Portfolio Committee that R350 grant payments were delayed by the means-testing requirement.

You can then include merchants in your application and submit the updated application,” said SAPO spokesperson Johan Kruger. Approximately 10.5 million people will receive the R350 grant. It will only be paid to those who earn R350 or less. As previously reported, the people who reapplied and were approved will receive the R350 grant from mid-June as part of the new cycle, as SASSA refers to it. SASSA said these multiple payments will be made in a month until the R350 grant backlog is cleared. The means test is a consequence of the R350 grant rolling over to a new legislative framework.