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Wondering why your Covid-19 R350 SRD reapplication was declined?
Here’s a complete list of the possible reasons why your grant application was declined, to help you understand.
It can be frustrating when you haven’t received your confirmation SMS, yet are still not sure why the application was declined.
Are you a SASSA beneficiary who previously received the COVID-19 SRD R350 at the Post office? Well, if you did not know, the SA Post Office has stopped issuing the grant from their branches.
All beneficiaries are advised to use alternative payment methods which have been made available by SASSA.
The South African Post Office announced earlier this month that they will no longer issue the special R350 grant payment from any of their branches.
Instead, they advised beneficiaries and new applicants to make use of the alternative payment methods offered by SASSA.
They stated that this move will alleviate the long ques that were seen at their various branches.
If you are unsure of how or where to collect your R350, keep reading.
Have you been checking your SASSA R350 grant application status and kept wondering what the active status means?
I know it can get frustrating not getting that approval confirmation that you can now collect your SRD grant this month.
But worry not because the ‘active’ status just means SASSA has received your R350 social relief grant and busy processing.
Following the lifting of the Disaster Management Act by the government in April 2022 wherein the processing of the R350 covid grant applications was stopped, a new order has been introduced by the Department of Social Development to facilitate the continuation of the R350 grant.
SASSA spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi stated that the R350 grant will now be provided under the Social Assistant Act which was proclaimed on the 22nd of April 2022.
SASSA officially announced on their social media pages about the SASSA R350 SRD grant reapplication process, encouraging new and old beneficiaries to re-apply. This comes with a few changes to the application process as requirements are tighter.
Since the government has lifted the Disaster Management Act, they have stopped processing the R350 covid grant applications to financially support poor people in the country.
There will be no R350 grant from May 2022 going forward but don’t lose hope, the government will make another plan to assist you with the necessary relief funds.
SASSA is reported to be waiting for the Department of Social Development to make necessary amends to transfer the funds under the Social Assistance Act.
Let me show you how you can apply for the social relief funds.
Following the unfortunate floods in KwaZulu-Natal these past weeks, SASSA released a statement announcing that there is a Social Relief of Distress Grant for Disasters available for all that have been affected by the current disaster.
SASSA is offering R1,200 food vouchers per household. This is a temporary provision and applies to mainly the people that were affected and unable to meet their family’s basic needs.
They are also offering R3,960 (R1,980 x 2) food vouchers or in cash to households that have lost family members due to the disaster. School uniforms will also be provided to learners that lost their uniforms during the disaster, R2,700 for girls, and R2 500 for boys.
If you have a SASSA/Postbank gold card that is expiring on 31 March 2023 (03/2023), you will need to take action to exchange it for a new card.
The South African Post Bank (SAPO) has outlined a plan for this exchange process, which varies depending on the type of grant you are receiving.
The South African Post Office (SAPO) released a statement stating that the R350 SRD grant will no longer be paid out from their branches. This is an unforeseen setback for SASSA as the reapplication process opened late last month and payments for May are already delayed.
Regardless, SAPO’s spokesperson Johan Kruger mentioned that the move for SA Post Office to stop paying the R350 grant will alleviate the long queues at their branches.
Amidst the South African Post Office’s provisional liquidation, the South African Social Security Agency’s (SASSA) representative, Paseka Letsatsi, gave beneficiaries the reassurance that their grants will still be distributed.
The Post Office encountered some financial troubles recently, resulting in debts exceeding R4.4 billion and an asset deficit of R4 billion, per their reports for 2021/2022.
To ensure there is no disruption to grant beneficiaries, Letsatsi has announced the implementation of a contingency plan.