Sassa is relooking rejected Covid-19 grant applications
Sassa CEO Busisiwe Memela-Khambula told parliament in May that 1.6-million applications were rejected as the applicants had some form of income
30 June 2020 - 13:55
The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa), tasked with distributing social grants, has decided to relook at the declined applications for the temporary Covid-19 grant applications and get to the bottom of the reasons for the rejections.
“The high numbers involved raised questions and Sassa decided that it would be wise to reconsider these before subjecting them to an appeal process, which comes at a cost and resultant delays, given the urgency to pay out the grant during these trying times for poor people impacted negatively by the national shutdown,” it said on Tuesday...
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