{"id":400761,"date":"2020-05-22T12:33:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T10:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=400761"},"modified":"2020-05-22T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T10:33:48","slug":"sassa-issues-schedule-for-grant-beneficiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/400761\/sassa-issues-schedule-for-grant-beneficiaries\/","title":{"rendered":"SASSA issues schedule for grant beneficiaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to lockdown and strict restrictions, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it can only serve a minimum number of clients a day.<\/p>\n<p>SASSA said social distance measures affect the minimum number of clients the agency can help on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The daily operation schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday and Tuesday: Applications for Old Age Grant only.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday and Thursday: Applications for Child Support Grant and Foster Care Grant only.<\/li>\n<li>Friday: Overflow applications from Wednesday and Thursday and Disability or Care Dependency Grants are on an appointment basis where SASSA has received medicals prior to the lockdown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SASSA card issuing, PIN resets and replacement of cards will be done at the South African Post Office (SAPO).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Older people and those living with disabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOlder persons and persons with disabilities social grant beneficiaries\u2019 payment will be on 3 to 4 June 2020. Other social grants will be paid from 5 May 2020. Where either the 3rd or the 5th falls on a weekend or public holiday, the payment date moves forward to the next working day,\u201d SASSA said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>SASSA has urged beneficiaries to use official SASSA communication platforms or visit local offices to get accurate information and clarity where there is a misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will protect them from many scams that are circulating on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/396797\/south-africas-r350-coronavirus-grants-are-now-open-heres-how-to-apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Africa\u2019s R350 coronavirus grants are now open \u2013 here\u2019s how to apply<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to lockdown and strict restrictions, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it can only serve a minimum number of clients a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":390881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-400761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400763,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400761\/revisions\/400763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}