More than 3-million people who are eligible for the R350 social relief of distress grant are not receiving the assistance, according to the social development department’s Dr Wiseman Magasela.
The report recommended the elimination of exclusion of qualifying citizens through the design of application, verification and payment processes.
“Nearly all systems based on a means test or criteria will have errors. Exclusion errors deny the very people the programme is targeting,” it said. The report also stated that more than 93% of the R350 grant recipients used it to buy food for their families. Electricity was second choice with 31.85%.Sassa urged R350 SRD grant recipients from the previous cycle to collect their outstanding payments by November 30 at a post office or they will be forfeited.
The agency said if payments are not collected by the set date, they will be forfeited by the state to fund other “government priorities”. Here are the payment dates for October according to the last three digits of beneficiaries’ ID numbers:October 1, 15, 22 and 29;October 14, 21 and 28;These dates are applicable to the SA Post office payout system. Beneficiaries can receive their grants as soon as they receive confirmation of payment from Sassa.
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