The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has declared that clients will be paid their grants if their applications were approved.
Some Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant beneficiaries have been approved for payment for January 2022 but have not yet received their money.
Sassa explained, “If you are approved with no pay date it means payment has not been processed as yet, however, payment will be processed soon”.
The agency added, “Clients who have been approved but not yet paid by end of January 2022, will still be paid through existing payment channels, namely the South African Post Office or direct deposits into personal bank accounts”.
More than 10 million people benefit from the SRD grant every month. The grant was set to come to end in March 2022, however, it was recently extended to March 2023. READ MORE ABOUT THE 12 MONTH EXTENSION HERE.
While there is a recognition of the crucial support the grant brings to vulnerable members of our society, organisations are calling for the amount received by grant beneficiaries to be increased.
The Black Sash wants the grant to be increased from R350 to R624. This represents the food poverty line in South Africa.
