SASSA in Mpumalanga is making a call to beneficiaries who are receiving the Care Dependency Grant and Temporary Disability Grant who feels that their situation has not changed or prevent them from working, to come to SASSA Offices to reapply.
Initially the grants were supposed lapse of February 1 2020, but due to COVID-19 the Minister of Social Development resorted to extend them to 31 December 2020. Therefore beneficiaries of these grants who have received letters are urged to visit the nearest SASSA office as from 05 January 2021 to reapply for the lapsed grants.
Beneficiaries must also take note that this will be a new application as temporary grants are given for a specific period and as such when it lapse the beneficiary must start the process of applying again to the nearest SASSA office and thereafter referred to a SASSA contracted medical doctor to confirm the medical status of the applicant. The doctor can either confirm disability or denied, at the same vein the disability maybe permanent or temporary based on medical assessment.
For more information contact our Customer Care toll free number 0800 60 10 11 or (013) 754 - 9439/9428/54 from 08:00 – 16:00 during week days Monday – Friday.
Enquiries:
Senzeni Ngubeni
Tel: 013 754 9367
Cell: 083 556 9626
E-mail: senzenin@sassa.gov.za
