How To Track Your R350 Grant Application Status On Whatsapp

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Once you've submitted your application for SASSA's R350 Social Relief Of Distress (SRD) grant, you can track it on Whatsapp. This one of the few platforms that SASSA has given applicants as an option to track the progress of their Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant applications. 


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Once you've submitted your application for SASSA's R350 Social Relief Of Distress (SRD) grant, you can track it on Whatsapp, also known as completing a Sassa Status Check. This is one of the few platforms that SASSA has given applicants as an option to track the progress of their applications

How To Check Your Online Status For Your SRD Grant

  1. Add 082 046 8553 as a contact
  2. Open your WhatsApp and refresh your contacts
  3. Open a chat with the (082 046 8553) number you have saved
  4. Send a message to the number saying 'status'
  5. Now you will be able to check the progress on your grant.
  6. Once your chat has been noted, you will be required to provide your ID number as well as the cellphone number you used when applying for the grant. 

SASSA has started the process of paying out the grant to successful beneficiaries. Those who have not yet received payments have been urged to wait until they receive a text message from SASSA, before trying to collect the grant. 

Approved beneficiaries will be reviewed monthly to ensure that they still meet the requirements to receive payments. 

This relief grant has proven essential to all those individuals who have been severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Through the provision of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD), Sassa has assisted people who face undue hardship and ensured that many do not go bed hungry. 

What is Sassa?

Sassa is the short name for the South African Social Security Agency which manages grants and allowances for grant recipients in South African society needing financial assistance. They fall under the Social Development Department and the law covering them is the Social Assistance Act.

The current Social Development Minister in the South African government is Lindiwe Zulu. This includes grants for children (The Child Support Grant), the older persons grants and disability grants. SASSA also manages the R350 SRD Grant which is more formally known as the Special Relief of Distress Grant.

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The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) recently found that 59.2% of rejected Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant Applicants did not receive a reason why their applications were rejected.

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