Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu has asked Sassa to investigate why there has been a significant decrease in the number of people receiving the R350 social relief of distress grant.
Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu has told MPs her department will use the R350 social relief of distress grant as a stepping stone towards a basic income grant. File photo.Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu has asked the South African Social Security Agency to investigate the significant decrease in the number of people receiving the R350 social relief of distress grant.
Answering questions in parliament on Wednesday, Zulu said: “With the new regulations and alterations, the numbers went down and I have asked Sassa to do an analysis on the decrease month to month and year to year [of the] number of applications and what the variables are.” Zulu was responding to Good MP Brett Herron, who asked her about statements she made in October that changes envisaged to the regulations governing the payment of the R350 SRD grant would allow more people to qualify.
“We’ve seen a significant increase in the number of eligible applicants since the implementation of the amended regulations. Before the amended regulations came to effect, the number of approved applications were: in April we had 8.1-million and approved 4.7-million, in May there were 7.6-million applications and we approved 5.7-million, in June 11.3-million applied and we approved 6.8-million.”
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