How to track R350 SASSA grant application status on Whatsapp [Video]
Have you submitted your application for the R350 SASSA grant and want to track it? Here is six easy steps to track your application.
Social grant recipients were urged to use alternative payment methods to receive grants.
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Those getting SASSA grants will now be able to access their grants and give them the freedom to use their SASSA cards at all points of sales, such as ATMs and merchant stores.
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The National State of Disaster, which facilitated the SRD grant, came to an end in April 2022. However, the Department of Social Development has been working on a regulatory framework for the payment of the grant since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the extension of the grant.
DONT KNOW HOW TO TRACK YOUR APPLICATION?
The SASSA R350 grant’s new legislative framework has additional qualifying and assessment criteria, which is why recipients have to reapply if they’ve previously received assistance.
“Fortunately, the entire application system remains a purely digital process, thereby enabling quick access and turnaround times,” said the department.
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WHAT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT REAPPLYING:
Applications can be made via the SASSA SRD website – https://srd.sassa.gov.za.
Further application channels will be made available in due course.
The department said applicants will be considered for the SASSA R350 grant from the month in which the application is made and it will be validated every month.
Did you know that you can track your application for the SASSA’s R350 Social Relief Of Distress (SRD)?
HERE IS HOW TO TRACK YOUR APPLICATION
Once you’ve submitted your application, you can track it on Whatsapp.
This is one of the few platforms that SASSA has given applicants as an option to track the progress of their applications.
Click here for more questions and answers on SASSA.
Just follow these six easy steps:
- Add 082 046 8553 as a contact
- Open your WhatsApp and refresh your contacts
- Open a chat with the (082 046 8553) number you have saved
- Send a message to the number saying ‘status.’
- Now you will be able to check the progress on your grant.
- Once your chat has been received, you will then be required to provide your ID number and the cellphone number you used when applying for the grant.
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The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) said payments for the new COVID-19 social relief of distress (SRD) grant would be made from mid-June 2022.
R350 GRANT TO BE PAID FROM MID-JUNE
Millions of South Africans who depend on the social assistance were forced to reapply for the grant after the State of Disaster lapsed and the grant was moved to a new legislative framework in April 2022.
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Sassa said people who reapplied and were approved will receive the R350 grant from mid-June as part of the new cycle.
“SASSA will continue clearing outstanding payments from the previous cycle as and when the bank details are confirmed.
“The payments will not be done together but will be done month by month.
“More than one payment may be made in a month but no one will receive double payments in amount.”
SASSA
This presumably means that the money owed to beneficiaries could be paid multiple times in a month but no single payment will be greater than R350.
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