SASSA Status check for R350 payment Dates. The social protection measures proposed seek to support those most in need, including children, people with disabilities and the elderly.
The first day of applications for the Special COVID-19 social Relief of distress grant got off to a slow start due to excessive traffic on the SASSA website this morning. “This is a clear indication of the huge need for food aid among others, from distressed inhabitants of the country, and therefore the President couldn’t have reinstated this grant at a better time.
According to the National Development Plan 2030, South Africa needs to ensure that vulnerable groups and
citizens are protected from the worst effects of poverty by 2030.
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SASSA Mandate: The mandate of the Agency is to ensure the provision of comprehensive social security services against vulnerability and poverty within the constitutional and legislative framework.
Legislative Mandate for SASSA
Social Assistance Act, 2004
The Act provides a national legislative framework for the provision of different types of social grants, social relief of distress, the delivery of social assistance grants by a national Agency and the establishment of an Inspectorate for Social Security.
South African Social Security Agency Act, 2004
The Act provides for the establishment of the South African Social Security Agency as a schedule 3A public entity in terms of the PFMA. The principle aim of the Act is to make provision for the effective management, administration and payment of social assistance and service through the establishment of the South African Social Security Agency. The President signed the Act on the 28th May 2004.
