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Unpaid R350 Grants Due from Sassa as of 2021

2 years ago
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In August 2021, the Social Relief of Distress grant was reintroduced to support unemployed individuals living in South Africa.
The agency said all successful reconsideration requests made between August 2021 and March 2022 would be paid during July 2022.
Elizabeth Raiters from civil movement #PayTheGrants says they are inundated with complaints from individuals who have not received their old SRD grant payments.
This would amount to R2800.

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The R350 grant is a vital monthly support system for millions of South Africans. However, many people who depend on the essential assistance have not received payments in more than a year. The Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant was reinstated in August 2021 to assist South African residents who are unemployed.

Sassa gave failed grant applicants the chance to challenge the organization’s judgment. Many of these rejected applicants seized the chance to apply for SRD reconsideration.

All approved reconsideration requests submitted between August 2021 and March 2022, according to the government, will be compensated in July 2022. Many people have, however, expressed disappointment about not receiving their award money.

People who have not gotten their previous SRD grant payments have been complaining nonstop, according to Elizabeth Raiters of the citizen movement #PayTheGrants. They continue by saying that this has also been true for recent SRD funding payouts. According to Raiters, some persons have grant payments that are overdue by up to eight months. It would cost R2800 to do this.

Many of these people had their initial requests for grants rejected, but they successfully appealed. People frequently have their applications for the SRD award rejected because Sassa has found money in their bank accounts beyond the R350 limit, which is the current cutoff. They’ll get the “alternative income identified” SRD grant status from Sassa.

“I’m telling you right now I work on a daily basis for the people, mothers are sobbing that they are caretakers yet they are being refused for alternative income source and they are unemployed so Sassa is really not doing their homework and I really appreciate your help,” Raiters added. According to Sassa, carers are eligible for the grant if they do not have any funds in their bank account that are greater than the required level of income.

The Department of Social Development has published a proposal that might raise the income cutoff to R624, which is South Africa’s threshold for food insecurity. Fewer people are receiving the award under the present income criteria, according to Raiters, thus they are waiting for this to be passed and put into effect.

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