sassa disability grant application 2023-2024

A brief type of aid known as social relief of distress may be available to people who are in such severe financial difficulty that they are unable to meet the most basic necessities of themselves or their family.

Applicants for social alleviation of distress must be South African citizens or residents who meet one or more of the criteria below and have limited means.

The applicant anticipates receiving payment of an authorized social aid.
For less than six months, the applicant has been deemed medically unable to undertake remunerative work.
The application is submitted within three months of the breadwinner’s passing.
There is evidence that attempts to get in touch with a parent, child, or spouse who is required by law to pay maintenance have been unsuccessful.
The principal breadwinner of the family has been admitted to an institution that receives state money (prison, psychiatric hospital, state home for older persons, treatment center for substance abuse, or child and youth care center).
The application has been impacted by the Disaster Management Act and the Fund Raising Act, both of which defined disasters and were passed in 1978.
No other organization or person is offering support to the person.
You can avoid unnecessarily suffering by submitting an application for social distress relief.

Period of Social Relief of Distress (New Policy)

For a maximum of three months, Social Relief of Distress is distributed once every month. A further three-month extension may be given in rare cases.

Keep in mind that someone who has received a social grant is not qualified to receive help for social distress.

Anyone who gets grants and social assistance is required to pay back the value of the social aid. All upcoming social aid payments, including arrears, will be reduced by this sum.

However, if the beneficiary of the social grant also received relief for the disaster, the money won’t be reimbursed.

SOCIAL GRANTS