South Africa
Department of Social Development: Adjusted Alert Level 3 Directions
Government Notice R681 of 2021
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Published in Government Gazette no. 44938 on 3 August 2021
- Assented to on 3 August 2021
- There are multiple commencements:
- [Up to date as at 3 August 2021]
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Section 1–12 |
commenced on 1 August 2021. |
Section 13–14 |
commenced on 3 August 2021. |
Section 15 |
not yet commenced. |
"applicant" means a person who applies for a Social Relief of Distress Grant;"appellant" means a person whose application for a Social Relief of Distress Grant has been declined and has applied for reconsideration of his or her application; and"income" for the purposes of Direction 4 means, any source of income as defined in regulation 19 of the Social Assistance Regulations, 2008 and includes any form of donation or other financial support or financial assistance received by the applicant of not more than R595 as per the food poverty line threshold; An application for social grant may be lodged electronically over and above any other available means of lodging such applications. In order to have an application for the Social Relief of Distress Grant considered, an applicant must grant consent for SASSA to verify his or her identity, residency, income or social security benefits with—(a)the Department of Home Affairs;(b)the Unemployment Insurance Fund;(c)Banking institutions;(d)NSFAS;(e)SARS; or(f)any other institution deemed necessary by SASSA. An applicant must complete the income declaration and grant consent in line with the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013(Act No. 4 of 2013) and provide banking particulars as required by SASSA. The Social Relief of Distress Grant contemplated in these Directions is payable from 1 August 2021 up to 31 March 2022, provided that the beneficiary continues to qualify for the grant in accordance with the criteria listed in Direction 4. The Social Relief of Distress Grant paid to recipients must be reviewed on a monthly basis and, where there is a change in the circumstances of the applicant, SASSA may—(a)decline to pay the grant should the applicant not qualify for the grant; or(b)pay the grant, should the applicant qualify for the grant: Provided that the grant will only be payable from the month in which the applicant qualified for the grant. SASSA may determine the most suitable method for disbursing payments of the grant and may amend such method of payment from time to time, as required. With respect to the previous Social Relief of Distress Grant paid during the period from 1 May 2020 until 30 April 2021, the following measures apply:(a)any enquiries related to the Social Relief of Distress Grant for that period will not be considered after 31 August 2021;(b)SASSA may recover all monies paid to any person in the event that such person irregularly benefitted or was not entitled to benefit from the grant;(c)payments not withdrawn by a beneficiary by 31 August 2021, will be forfeited to the State; and(d)money payable to an applicant whose application was approved but who was not paid because the applicant could not be traced or the applicant did not contact SASSA to update his or her personal details, will be forfeited to the State by 31 August 2021. If the beneficiary of a Social Relief of Distress Grant dies, the grant will be paid until the end of the month in which the beneficiary died. Sitting and eating at Community Nutrition and Development Centres is allowed subject to compliance with the applicable COVID-19 health and safety measures. Visits to older persons' residential facilities are permitted subject to compliance with the applicable COVID-19 health and safety measures. These Directions are called Adjusted Alert Level 3 Directions and Directions 1 to 12 take effect from 1 August 2021. Directions 13 and 14 come into effect on the date of publication in the Government Gazette.
1. Definitions
2. Application for social grant
3. Social Relief of Distress Grant
4. Reconsideration of application for Social Relief of Distress Grant
5. Consent for verification
6. Duration of receipt of COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant
7. Review of payment of Social Relief of Distress Grant
8. Disbursement of payments
9. Reconsideration process
10. Recovery and uncollected benefits
11. Social Relief of Distress Grant paid up to 30 April 2021
12. Death of Social Relief of Distress Grant beneficiary
13. Community Nutrition Development Centres
14. Older persons’ residential facilities
15. Short title and Commencement
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