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Have you applied for the Covid-19 SRD grant and your application was unsuccessful? There are various reasons why your application might have been declined. Regardless of the reason, if you disagree with the outcome, you are eligible to appeal. You have 30 days to submit an appeal for the SASSA R350 SRD grant through the DSD Independent Tribunal Website https://srd.dsd.gov.za if you have received a notification that your application was rejected. Before you start with the appeal process, please check that the information you submitted to SASSA is complete and correct. This will be shown on the SRD DSD Appeal…
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.