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The Social Relief of Distress Grant is available to South African citizens, refugees, asylum seekers, and holders of special permits between the ages of 18 and 60 who have insufficient resources and do not qualify for UIF payments, receive other social grants, or contribute to the fund. This article covers everything you need to know about how to check your SRD status.
SRD Grants are administered under section 32 of the Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004) with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance. But for you to benefit from the SRD Grant, there are a few things to note if you are an SRD grant applicant or applying for SASSA reconsideration.
Before considering the Sassa reconsideration status check, consider if you have applied for the Sassa grant correctly. To enable Sassa to consider applications, applicants or their proxy must confirm or provide the following information:
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The SRD Grant application process information is available for everyone who wants to apply and those who want to see their Sassa status. All active SRD (R350) grant applications or reapplications made since April 2022 will automatically be considered for each month until March 2023.
Existing applicants can update their responses through the screening questionnaire should their circumstances change or correct errors. If you have successfully applied for the R350 grant and need to check your status, we answer an important question— "How do I check my Sassa reconsideration status?"
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Regarding how long you have to wait before receiving feedback regarding your reconsideration status application outcome, Sassa has stated that the Independent Tribunal will inform you of the outcome of your appeal electronically within 60 – 90 days from the lodging of the appeal.
Many R350 SRD applicants may have received a "pending" status and may be unsure of what this means concerning the progress of their application. Here is what the "pending" status means.
The agency recommends that applicants keep an eye on their SRD status for any updates. Once the application undergoes the verification process, the agency validates the name, surname and ID number of the applicant with the Department of Home Affairs.
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Their ID numbers are matched against various databases such as Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), South African Revenue Services (SARS), and National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to ensure that applicants are not recipients of other grants or sources of income.
Even though Sassa continues to process payments of the current cycle of the R350 grants, many applicants still have a pending application status. According to Sassa, these applicants are experiencing this delay because the agency has been trying to keep up with the influx of current applications.
Sassa is working on paying off the SRD grant to the qualifying applicants. But, the agency has also introduced a new appeals process through which applicants can ensure that they have access to the grant.
The new R350 grant appeals are administered by the Independent Tribunal for Social Assistance (ITSAA) and are intended exclusively for SRD beneficiaries.
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Sassa has strongly advised applicants to appeal their application for every month on which it was rejected. You can collect your R350 from Pick n Pay, Boxer, Shoprite, Checkers, USave, and OK Foods stores.
To appeal to a younger and more tech-savvy demographic and digitise its services, Sassa reminds netizens to apply for SASSA online. To know how to apply for the SRD grant online, you can read more about the GovChat SASSA application.
READ ALSO: GovChat SASSA application 2022: Steps to apply for your grant online.
Briefly.co.za recently detailed GovChat, an application that provides every South African netizen with an opportunity to take part in improving the lives of all citizens.
It creates a platform where every citizen plays an active role in governance via mobile phone or computer. GovChat and SASSA have collaborated to make it easier for netizens to access the SRD R350 through the GovChat SASSA application.
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