Marecia Damons

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Marecia Damons |Jaco Marais

People queue outside a Sassa office. The department of social development is proposing changes to its Social Assistance Act, which includes removing the questions about income in the application for the R370 social relief of distress (SRD) grant. The proposed amendments areopen for public commentuntil Monday April 14.

2 weeks ago | bizcommunity.com | Marecia Damons

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies Questions about income could be removed. The Department of Social Development is proposing changes to the Social Assistance Act, including removing questions about the income of applicants for the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa/GroundUp The Department of Social Development proposes removing questions about income from the Social Relief of Distress grant applications.

2 weeks ago | ewn.co.za | Marecia Damons

The Department of Social Development (DSD) is proposing changes to its Social Assistance Act, which includes removing the questions about income in the application of the R370-Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. The proposed amendments are open for public comment until Monday, 14 April.

3 weeks ago | ewn.co.za | Marecia Damons |Mary-Anne Gontsana

GroundUp visited two South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices in Cape Town on Wednesday amid concerns that Old Age payment grants would be affected by the Postbank card switch. Over the past few months, millions of beneficiaries were asked to urgently migrate to the new Postbank Black Card.Last Friday, Postbank announced that beneficiaries using the SASSA Gold Card have until 31 May to swap to the Black Card. The previous deadline was 20 March. Old age grants were paid on Wednesday.

3 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Marecia Damons

But grant beneficiaries still urged to switch to Black Card SASSA Gold Cards will remain valid until all beneficiaries have successfully switched to Postbank Black Cards, following approval from the South African Reserve Bank. This comes after weeks of chaos as Postbank scrambled to switch nearly 3-million people to the new cards. SASSA has urged beneficiaries to switch soon despite the extension to avoid last-minute delays.