Apply Sassa

Apply Sassa Grant

The South African Social Security Agency termed SASSA is a governmental agency that ensures the provision of comprehensive social security services against vulnerability and poverty within the constitutional and legislative framework. 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.

Sassa also provides for the establishment of the South African Social Security Agency as a schedule 3A public entity in terms of the PFMA. The principal 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.

Applicants of Sassa are informed that personal information will be provided electronically and there is no need to upload any documentation. Applicants should ensure that they provide SASSA with a Mobile Number (cell phone number) where Sassa can reach them to provide them with feedback on the status of their application. You can also obtain the status of your application on this website.

Should your application be denied, you will have the right to appeal the SASSA decision by lodging an appeal with the Department of Social Development in the month your application was declined. The process to lodge an appeal will be provided with the notification that your application has been declined. Failure to request an appeal for each month that the application is declined will result in the original decision being sustained.

Date To Apply For Sassa

If you are a South African citizen, a refugee, a permanent resident or an asylum seeker who is facing financial difficulty, then apply for a Sassa grant. Sassa gives R350 to its qualified applicants to support them. Beneficiaries will receive the aid for the next six months after a successful application and approval.

Read: Online Application For R350 Grant

Who Is Eligible To Apply For Sassa

Sassa is not meant for everybody but the following persons;

• You are a South African citizen, permanent resident or refugee, currently living in South Africa.
•  You are 60 years of age or older.
•  You do not receive any other social grant for yourself.
• You do not live in a state institution (e.g. a state old age home or rehabilitation centre). If you live in a Tafta Home, this rule does not apply, as our homes are all owned and managed by our organisation.
•  You qualify in terms of the means test.
  The first four criteria are pretty straightforward. But how do you know if you qualify in terms of the means test?

Types Of Sassa Grants Available:

The grants are:

• Older person’s grant (old age pension)
• Child support grant
• Care dependency grant
• Grant in aid (if you live on a social grant but need someone to take care of you)
• War veteran’s grant
• Foster child grant
• Disability grant

Requirements Needed To Apply Fort Sassa Grant

Applicants or their proxy will need to confirm or provide the below information to enable SASSA to consider their application:

• Confirmation that they have read and accepted the clauses in the Declaration and Consent Documents
• Personal Details
• Mobile Number (cell phone number)
• Employment Information and Lifestyle Sustainability Information
• Banking Information

How To Apply For Sassa In 2-024/2025