Dept of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant, including increase
The Social Develompent Department said that it was concerned by the low number of approved applications for the special COVID-19 social relief of distress (SRD) grant, with less than half of the more 11 million applicants at the end of June approved.
Minister Lindiwe Zulu has therefore published new draft regulations to amend some provisions for the SRD grant – one of them being to increase the allowable income threshold for applicants from R350 to R624.
The value of the grant itself will remain R350 until March next year.
The Social Development Department has proposed three key amendments to applications for the SRD grant.
In this regard, @The_DSD is proposing to increase the maximum allowable income from R350 to the food poverty line of R624, meaning that SASSA will decline any applicant who receives more than R624 into their bank account for each relevant month.
(15/26)#SASSACARES— Social Development (@The_DSD) July 14, 2022
The value of the grant itself remains R350 per person per month for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 and the second amendment seeks to remove the requirement for applicants to indicate if they require the grant after every three months.
(17/26)#SASSACARES
— Social Development (@The_DSD) July 14, 2022
The first being to increase the maximum allowable income for applicants from R350 to the food poverty line of R624.
The second amendment seeks to remove the requirement for applicants to indicate if they still require the grant every three months, with the department saying that recipients’ bank accounts will in any case be checked every month.
The third pertains to removing the clause that place bank verification process as the main criteria for determining eligibility.
The department has called on all relevant stakeholders to submit comments on the draft regulations.
-EWN
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