Sassa is urging its beneficiaries to urgently read notification letters from the agency.
According to the provincial Sassa’s spokesperson, Senzeni Ngobe, beneficiaries must check to verify whether these notifications contain the correct details, as this could affect the social grants.
“Beneficiaries must make sure that their addresses are accurate so that they can receive notifications in time. It is the responsibility of a social grant beneficiary to notify the agency about any changes regarding his/her circumstances. This includes:
• marital status
• financial or medical status
• outcome of a review of their social grants
• failure to co-operate when the grant is reviewed
• committing fraudulent activity or misrepresentation
• where the grant was approved in error
• failure to submit required missing documents.
All the above could lead to the suspension of social grant.
Ngobe said that to avoid suspension of a social grant, the beneficiary must report the circumstances as mentioned above, as early as possible. In a situation whereby the grant was suspended, restoration application must be lodged within 30 days of suspension. Restoration is needed when the grant was suspended due to failure to collect for more than three consecutive months or failure to review.
