The amended regulations are to ensure that R350 SRD applicants do not have to go through loops to qualify.
Approximately five million SASSA R350 grant applicants were rejected. The appeals process will resume on Monday, 27 June.
SASSA has finally committed to a firm date for June R350 grant payments. Beneficiaries were not paid in April or May.
SASSA says over one million beneficiaries of the R350 grant are expected to receive their money by the end of the week.
SASSA has finally committed to a firm date for June R350 grant payments. Beneficiaries were not paid in April or May.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the extension of the SASSA R350 grant during his 2022 state of the nation address
The Department of Social Development told a Parliament Portfolio Committee that R350 grant payments were delayed by the means-testing requirement.
The next cycle for the SRD R350 grant will prioritise applicants who need the money the most and some will be disqualified…
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SASSA said payments for the new cycle of the R350 grant would be paid from mid-June 2022 to beneficiaries who reapplied.
SASSA announced it would take some of its services offline for essential ICT maintenance, including the SRD website, on these specific days.
SASSA announced it would take some of its services offline for essential ICT maintenance, including the SRD website, on these specific days.
A provincial Social Security Agency said its customer care unit has received numerous calls from beneficiaries that assumed they automatically qualify for the grant.
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu revealed that 5 812 public servants fraudulently applied for and received the R350 SRD grant.
‘I assure all qualifying applicants they will be in receipt of their payments for this iteration of the grant by June,’ said Minister Lindiwe Zulu.
SASSA revealed that there has been a rise in the number of applications it has received for the R350 SRD grant.
Good news! Beneficiaries of the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant can now apply using WhatsApp. Here are more details on this…
The South African Post Office announced that it will no longer pay out the R350 SRD grant, however, this decision could be reversed.
It comes as the SA Post Office said it would no longer be paying out R350 Social Relief of Distress grants from its branches
In April, a number of the SASSA R350 SRD grant did not receive their payments. So, what happens when you have been approved but not paid?
The post office said some branches will ‘have insufficient cash.’ However, pension, disability and children’s grants have already been paid.
SASSA’s R350 SRD grant payments for beneficiaries start on 9 May and will conclude at the end of the month…
Those claiming the R350 grant now only have a matter of days left to re-apply for the SRD fund, if they want to receive a payment for April.
SASSA beneficiaries are expected to start collecting social grants on their respective days from Monday, 3 May 2022.
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