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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Notices

Adjusted Alert Level 3 Directions

11. Social Relief of Distress Grant paid up to 30 April 2021

 

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(c) payments not withdrawn by a beneficiary by 30 November 2021, will be forfeited to the State; and

[Direction 11(c) substituted by section 4 of Notice No. 1028, GG45302, dated 11 October 2021]

 

(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.