sassa distress grant application 2023-2024

People who are in such dire financial straits that they are unable to provide for the most basic needs of themselves or their family may be eligible for a temporary kind of aid known as social relief of distress.

South African nationals and residents who meet one or more of the requirements below and have limited resources may apply for social relief of distress.

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.
A parent, child, or spouse who is obligated by law to pay maintenance is not contacted, and there is proof that attempts to contact them have been unsuccessful.
The family’s primary provider has been admitted to a facility with state funding (prison, psychiatric hospital, state home for older persons, treatment center for substance abuse, or child and youth care center).
The Disaster Management Act or the Fund Raising Act, both of which were passed in 1978, both of which define a disaster, have had an impact on the application.
The person is not receiving assistance from any other entity or person.
Applying for social alleviation of distress will save you from unnecessary misery.

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