Will SASSA R350 Be Extended?Here’s What You Need To Know

Will SASSA R350 Be Extended? Here’s What You Need To Know

The SASSA R350 grant has been extended for 3 months – and you don’t need to re-apply if you’re already a beneficiary and have been paid before. Registered beneficiaries who have already received payment last year do not need to reapply but all they need to do is make sure their profiles are up to date. 

SASSA R350 Grant Has been extended For A Further 3 Months

The R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD) which is being administered by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has been extended for a further three months to provide financial relief to those who are unemployed during the lockdown.

The good news about this is that recipients who are already registered on the system do not need to reapply.

After more than R16 billion was paid to approximately 6.5 million monthly recipients since May last year, the grant recently expired in January 2021.

But during his State of the Nation Address on Thursday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that the grant would be extended due to ongoing socioeconomic pressures resulting from lockdown regulations.

additionally, this extension does not require any SRD beneficiary to access local Sassa offices. Since the country is still in trying times, the agency is desperately trying to minimise queues and human contact at its offices, following the abrupt expiration of Temporary Disability Grants which caused chaos at Sassa sites.