Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu ordered that the offices be closed during the lockdown.
The SA Social Security Agency’s regional offices and head office have reopened, but local offices only open next week.No new applications could be taken because the offices were closed and help was only available via a clogged call centre.
These included a R300 top-up to child grants, which should be available to child grant beneficiaries on Wednesday. She said offices in the province would open on Monday, 11 May, while arrangements were made for staff to come in. “The reopening of all offices will go a long way in assisting the national entity to respond to the social and economic relief measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa last week,” Fernandez said in a statement.
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