Call for frail grant recipients to apply for a grant-in-aid

Sassa has noted with concern that most frail recipients of the old age grant, disability grant and war veterans grant do not come to Sassa offices to apply for grant-in-aid.
One of Sassa’s primary objectives is to conduct awareness to teach families with frail grant recipients to visit any Sassa office to apply for this additional grant meant to assist in paying extra medical bills, to buy food and pay for services of the person taking care of the frail grant recipient.

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It must be noted that to qualify, the applicant must be in receipt of an old age grant, disability grant or a war veterans grant, and require regular attendance by another person owing to his/her physical or mental disabilities.
They must not be cared for in an institution that receives a subsidy from the state.
Applicants who do not have an identity document, smart ID or birth certificate for children involved in the application can still apply for a grant but must check with the nearest Sassa office on which alternative documents are accepted for grant applications.

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If the application is approved, beneficiaries start receiving payments within three months.
The payments will be backdated to the day the application for the grant was completed.
The grant-in-aid will be cancelled if the beneficiary is no longer in the care of another person, if they die, if they are admitted to a state institution or if the income or assets improve so much that they no longer qualify in terms of the means test.
For more information, contact the Sassa Customer Care Unit on 013 754 9363/9439/9428 or toll-free number 0800 60 10 11 from 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.