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SASSA R350 Grant Payment Schedule For Next Week

Do you collect your R350 Social Relief of Distress grant payment at the South African Post Office? Well here's the payment schedule for the next week.  The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) provides the Special Covid-19 R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants to individuals who are unemployed and are unable to take care of the needs of themselves and their families, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The 350 grant payment days...

SONA – Ramaphosa extension of R350 social relief grant until the end of March 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the extension of South Africa’s R350 social relief of distress grant for another year. In his state of the nation address on Thursday evening (10 February), Ramaphosa said that the grant will now continue until the end of March 2023 – a full year after it was due to expire. The president said that more than 10 million people had benefitted from the grant since it was introduced, with several South...

SASSA Releases R350 Grant Payment Dates For December 2021

If you are a beneficiary of the SASSA R350 grant and have opted to collect your grant payment at the post office then here are the collection days listed below.Advertisement The South African Post Office has released the upcoming payment days for the collection of the SASSA Social relief of distress grant, popularly known as the R350 grant.  It's important to remember that the Post Office does not disburse R350 grant payments on days that...

SASSA No fixed payment date for special COVID-19 SRD grant

The South African Social Security Agency in Mpumalanga has informed all special COVID-19 SRD grant beneficiaries that there is no fixed payment date for the grant. SASSA said that this type of grant needs to be verified in the system every month whether the client is still qualifying to receive the grant. “Qualified beneficiaries get paid monthly, payment dates are reflected on the system and can be checked at https://srd.sassa.gov.za....

27 Million South Africans Dependent on R350 SASSA Grant Call For The Extension

South Africans have voiced their concerns about the looming deadline of the Sassa SRD grant in March next year. They say want it to be extended as some of them have no other source of income for their bare necessities.  Advertisement South Africans who rely on the Sassa Social Relief of Grant have grown concerned that the government did not announce the extension of the SRD grant beyond March next year. During his mid-term budget...

Almost 50% of SA Population Receives SASSA Grants

During his recent Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, the Minister of Finance painted a bleak picture of the country’s economic outlook as it grapples with bolstering its social security system in the midst of high unemployment.Advertisement Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana recently delivered his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Thursday and revealed that almost half of South Africa is dependent on SASSA grants. The Finance...

Teacher Assistants Use  R3817.44 per month Stipends to pay University Fees

The education assistants who were recruited as part of the Basic Education Employment Initiative have officially stepped into schools and started work. This initiative is said to be helping the youth of South Africa in various ways. Teacher assistants who were hired as part of the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI) began work this week with many seeing the opportunity as a blessing. Interviews and placements were finishing up at the...

Post Office R350 grant payment dates for November 2021

No payments of the R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant will be made in the first week of November as it is reserved for the payment of old age, child and disability grants. The SA Post Office (Sapo) announced that SRD grant beneficiaries can start making their way to post offices from November 8. The payment dates apply at all Sapo offices, but not at Pick n Pay, Spar and Boxer outlets, which recently launched SRD payments. Latest post...

SASSA: What Does IRP5 Registered Mean?

For so long, many people have been asking SASSA what IRP5 Registered means. Finally, SASSA has responded and announced the meaning of the term. IRP5 is a document, also known as the employee's tax certificate, which details an employee's incomes, taxes and related deductions at the end of each year. Employees use the IRP5 document to complete their income tax return for the year.  IRP5 Registered means that SASSA's system has noticed an...

SASSA R350 Grant: What Does application status ‘Age Outside Range’ Mean?

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has rejected around 3.7 million Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD) applications since the grant was reintroduced in August 2021.  There are a number of reasons why people will be rejected for the SASSA R350 grant. One of the reasons which people receive when they check their grant application status is ‘age_outside_range’.  SASSA R350 Grant: What Government Payroll Registered Means...

SASSA R350 Grant: What ‘Reffered_SAFPS’ Means

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has put a number of measures in place to ensure that only people who deserve the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant, receive payment. One message that rejected SRD grant applicants are receiving is reffered_safps. The SAFPS acronym stands for South African Fraud Prevention Services. If you receive this message as a reason for your SRD grant application, you have been flagged by the SAFPS...

SASSA Urges R350 Grant Recipients must Wait For SMS

The Post Office says it has noted that there has been a large number of beneficiaries who attempt to withdraw their R350 SRD grant before receiving their SMS. Recipients of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant who collect their payment at the South African Post Office have been urged to do so only after receiving SMS confirmation that their grant is available. Beneficiaries can pick up their grant at their local Pick 'n Pay, Boxer...

All SASSA Grant Payment Dates for The Rest of 2021-2022

Want to make sure you don’t miss any sassa payments - create a calendar that includes all of the major sassa grant deadlines. It’ll help you stay on track with your grant funding. You can relax knowing that you’ll have all the dates for SASSA payments handy and easy to find.  ALL SASSA RELIEF GRANT PAYMENT DATES FOR 2021 AND THE BEGINNING OF 2022: JUNE 2021 Older person’s allowance: Thursday 3...

Here is the SASSA Grant Payment Dates For November 2021

Now that we're on the last few days of October, and it's been a long month, it's time for you to get those SASSA grant payment dates for November. SASSA distributes various SASSA grants to vulnerable individuals.Advertisement With November a few days away, it's important to know your SASSA grant payment dates for the upcoming month so that you know when to collect your SASSA grant payments. SASSA provides financial support to poor and...

SASSA Grant beneficiaries pay R100 of their R350 to be in front

People going to the Mthatha main post office to collect their “Covid” Social Relief for Distress (SRD) grants, pay between R50 and R100 of their R350 grant to jump to the front of the queue. Grant beneficiaries say security guards and a group of self-appointed residents, who call themselves the R350 queue marshals, sell the first 100 spaces to late-comers. People in the queue who object are threatened with sjamboks and knobkerries. The...

SASSA Clothing Voucher Giveaways addressed

SASSA recently took to social media to address yet another message circulating on social media. This comes as the agency is now in it's second round of the SRD grant. Free clothes vouchers being given away by SASSA? Unfortunately, this is not a reality. SASSA took to their social media to address whether a fake message floating around was true or not concerning them providing clothing vouchers. Read: SASSA and the Post Office R350 Grant to go...

Millions Were Excluded From SASSA R350 Grant

A report by the Department of Social Development on the implementation and use of the Covid-19 SRD grant revealed that many eligible beneficiaries were excluded. More than 3 million qualifying beneficiaries of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant missed out on receiving the grant according to a report by the Department of Social Development. The report cited lost identity documents and lack of access to smartphones as among the reasons why...

SASSA Is Now Processing R350 SRD Grant Appeals

Sassa has so far processed over two-thirds of appeals for the SRD grant and has called on applicants waiting for feedback to be patient as some of them are still being processed. Advertisement Their cases have been sent to the banking sector for validation, which is likely to take time. Sassa further stated that the main purpose of this is to double-check if they do not receive any income as this forms part of the SRD grant criteria. In order...

With Wrong bank details will not Receive R350 Grant Cash Send

Have you chosen the Cash Send payment option to receive your R350 grant and still waiting on your payment? Well, keep reading to find out why you have not received your payment yet.Advertisement The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has introduced the Cash Send payment option to allow R350 grant recipients to receive their payments from ATMs instead of post offices. However, many of these clients have not provided SASSA with their...

Here’s How SASSA Gold Card Carriers Can Access Their SRD Grant Payments

Instead of visiting the Post Office, Sassa is calling on all Gold Card Carrying clients to access their 350 SRD grant payouts in the following way. Clients who receive their special COVID-19 SRD grant through their SASSA gold cards have been advised to access their grants at participating merchants or bank ATMs. Furthermore, it is well worth noting that this method of accessing the 350 SRD grant payment is reserved for approved unemployed...