A meeting between government and civil society groups revealed plans to introduce a basic income grant. Picture: Flickr/GovernmentZA
The Department of Social Development on Thursday confirmed the payment dates for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) grants for the month of September 2021.
Sassa also confirmed “there is no need to rush to withdraw cash on the first day”.
“Once the money is in the account, it will remain there until it is needed.”
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The decision to reinstate the monthly support grant comes after deadly civil unrest rocked parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July.
The R350 grant will continue to be paid out until the end of March 2022 and has been extended to eligible unemployed caregivers who currently receive a child support grant as well.
Payments can be collected from the South African Post Office (Sapo) from Monday.
In an earlier version of this article, we quoted Sapo as saying payments will be made according to the recipients’ ID numbers.
This after Sapo spokesperson Johan Kruger said the system – based on the last three digits of an ID number – was introduced to prevent overcrowding at branches.
However, Sassa said this is incorrect: “[The] information is false and NOT from Sassa. Payments for the special Covid-19 SRD grant will be made from 23 August, however, beneficiaries cannot be given a specific date.”
Any incidents of fraud should be reported to police, or directly to Sassa on 0800-601-011.
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Compiled by Cheryl Kahla
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