Over half a billion rand has been looted from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) over the past 10 years – including by doctors!

Lindiwe Zulu says over R500 million has been looted from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) over the past decade.

In response to the smartphone SASSA application method, DA MP Bridget Masango said SASSA continuously leaves beneficiaries in the lurch

SASSA has urged R350 SRD grant recipients to contact them if they receive an SMS about a mobile number change that they are unaware of.

SASSA has urged R350 SRD grant beneficiaries to avoid repeatedly changing their bank details on their website.

SASSA said it would withhold payments from grant applicants who received payments when they did not qualify until the ‘debt’ was recovered.

Sassa has confirmed its received just under 12 million applications for the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant in August.

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SASSA intends to help R350 grant beneficiaries find work through a partnership with the Departments of Public Works and Labour.

The Post Office still pays out pension, disability and children’s grants. All other grants will be paid after 4 August.

‘This correlates with the unemployment rate amongst youth which is approximately 63%,’ said SASSA.

The Department of Social Development, alongside SASSA, now want to change the criteria needed for a R350 grant applicant.

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.