The SA Social Security Agency has assured beneficiaries of the R350 social relief of distress grant that more people will receive payment after the means test threshold was increased to R624.
This means anyone with a monthly income of more than R624 a month will not qualify for the grant.The Institute for Economic Justice toldMore people to receive grant
“There has also been public outcry regarding some of the regulations, which were deemed to be unlawful and to unfairly exclude some potential applicants,” the agency said in“Sassa welcomes the new development and the agency is hopeful that a greater number of qualifying applicants will now have access to this grant.”Sassa said it received just less than 12-million applications at the beginning of August after the increase.
“Consequently, few people reconfirmed their grants, but since the new regulations have been published, the July assessments will soon be concluded,” said Sassa.