Half of those who applied for Covid-19 temporary grant did not qualify, Sassa says
Sassa has to compare data from applicants with other state and private databases to ensure people with an income and recipients of other grants are not included
25 May 2020 - 17:30
More than half of the almost five-million applications for the Covid-19 temporary relief grant did not meet the criteria required by the government, saving the fiscus R14m, SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) CEO Busisiwe Memela said on Monday.
The temporary grant of R350 a month was introduced as part of the government's economic and social support package, and is meant to provide some relief for those who are unemployed and not receiving any form of financial assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic...
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