SASSA SRD R350 Status 2024 | Check Payment Dates Online

If you have successfully applied for the SRD R350 grant and now anxiously waiting for the next update! then this SRD status-checking tool is an amazing and trusted source for you! You need to be aware and alert about the upcoming 30-day grant. Now the Tracking of the status of applications is much easier for beneficiaries and applicants with that tool.
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Africa may be resource-rich, but most of its people live in poverty. In many ways, South Africa, though more prosperous than its Sub-Saharan neighbors, is no exception. Its GDP in 2019 (pre-pandemic) was substantially lower than in 2008 (before the first great recession of the 21st century.)

The official unemployment statistics hover around 35% for the general population. The figure is even worse for the youth. Approximately 50% of young South Africans are unemployed. Such high levels of depravity often result in glaring political instability. The South African government has tried to make life easier for the least well-off sections of society with various types of social security transparency payments collectively referred to as the SASSA. It’s time to explore this in more detail, so enjoy the read.

Basic Personal Details You Need to Provide to Have Your SASSA Application Considered

You’ll need to confirm that you have read and accepted the clauses in the consent and declaration documents.
You’ll need to enter your name, physical address, email address, and other personal information and details.
You’ll need to provide your employment and Lifestyle Sustainability information.
You’ll need to provide banking details.

Sassa R350 Grantic Payment Schedules 2024

For each month you need to check the payment status that will make you able to collect your grant money as per the decided schedule.
From 2023 to March 2024 check the table that will let you know your monthly paydays. After that, you can collect your money easily.

Month	Grant for Children	Grant for Older Persons	Grants for Disables
April – 2023	06/04/23	04/04/23	05/04/23
May	05/05/23	03/05/23	04/05/23
June	06/06/23	02/06/23	05/06/23
July	06/07/23	04/07/23	05/07/23
August	04/08/23	02/08/23	03/08/23
September	07/09/23	05/09/23	06/09/23
October	05/10/23	03/10/23	04/10/23
November	06/11/23	02/11/23	03/11/23
December	05/12/23	01/12/23	04/12/23
January 2024	05/01/24	03/01/24	04/01/24
February	06/02/24	02/02/24	05/02/24
March	07/03/24	05/03/24	06/03/24

Checking the Status of Your SASSA Application

Go to srd-sassa.org.za
Input your ID number and phone number into the appropriate fields in the SASSA Check Status box.
Click on the check status button.
You will now receive full information regarding the status of your SASSA payments, balance, and application.

SASSA Application Status Check on a Smartphone 2024 Through SMS

Power your mobile device on
Launch the SMS messaging app on your smartphone.
Input in “SASSA ID Number” Note: your ID number will be displayed on your South African ID card.
Now, text the message to 082 046 8553
You’ll get a text informing you of the status of your SASSA application immediately.

Checking SASSA Application Status Online

Power your digital or mobile device on.
Go to https://srd-sassa.org.za/. That’s the SASSA’s official website.
Click on the “Check Your srd Status" link. Note: the link is on the top menu or the main page. You'll continue with the application confirmation process when you click on it.
Provide personal details that the page asks for. That includes your name and ID number.
Cross-check to verify the accuracy of the information you have submitted.
Click the “submit” or “check status” button. That action will submit information related to your SASSA application to the SASSA’s department.
Be patient. It will take some time for the department to review and analyze your information.
Print your status out on the SASSA main page.
Log out of your account and close the web browser. Doing so will keep your information safe and confidential.

Checking SASSA Application Status with WhatsApp

Power your digital or mobile device on
Launch the WhatsApp app
Send a message with your name and ID number to 082 046 8553.
Note: you can call 0800601011 on WhatsApp to verify your application status with a customer service rep.
Be sure to supply your name and ID number when you talk to the rep.
Remember that all reps are multi-lingual.

Checking the SASSA Application With the Moya App

Note: The Moya app only works for Android smartphones.

Power your Android smartphone on.
Launch the Moya app. Go to the App Store to download it if you don’t already have it.
Enter your phone and ID number into the appropriate fields in the app. Note: it helps if you double-check the information you submit for accuracy. The SASSA office will have an easier time approving your application if your phone and ID numbers are accurate.
You will be sent to a page where you can check the status of your application.
The menu on the status page has a drop-down menu that lets you check the status of your application by a particular month.
You'll see one of three statuses for any month that you pick:' approved,' declined,' and 'pending.'

Checking Your SASSA Application Online

Power your computer or mobile device on.
Go to this website: https://srd-sassa.org.za/
Input your South African ID and mobile number in the appropriate fields.
You’ll be given a reference number. Save it.
Then, input your reference number into the appropriate field.

You will receive immediate information regarding the status of your SASSA application.

What is the Sassa SRD?

South African citizens are eligible for the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. The South African Ministry of Finance disburses these funds. App-section 32 of the 2004 Social Assistance Act stipulates these funds.

People belonging to the following categories can avail these funds:

People who were born in South Africa or are naturalized South African citizens.
Refugees
Asylum seekers
Special permit holders who are at least 18 and no older than 60

These people must also meet the following:

They are unable to hold down any employment.
They are not eligible for any other type of social assistance.
They are not contributing to or aren’t eligible for UIF payment
They don’t have any sources of income
They have no other means or source of financial support.
They must have never been in a state institution.
They must have a South African ID.
If they are married, their net worth must be less than 2,455,200 South African Rands.
Single people must have a net worth of less than 86,280 South African Rands.
They must agree to and pass a physical (medical) exam.
They must bring all of their medical records to their appointment.

Interestingly enough, foster kids are also eligible for the Sassa SRD. They must meet the following:

The kid and the person applying for the grant must both live in South Africa.
The kid must be younger than 18 when receiving the funds.
The applicant must be the legal guardian of the kid.
The applicant must care for the kid while the child receives the funds.

If you want your kid to receive the SASSA SRD Grand as part of child support payments, they must meet the following criteria:

The kid must not be older than 18.
The kid must live with the person who is providing most of the care.
The primary caregiver must be a living relative over the age of 16.
The primary caregiver’s income must be less than 105,600 South African Rand if married.
The primary caregiver’s income must be less than 52,800 South African Rand if single.

Older adults can receive SASSA SRD as a form of pension provided, they meet the following criteria:

They must not receive income from other social grants.
Their net worth must be less than 2,455,200 South African Rand if married
Single people must have a net worth of less than 1,277,600 South African Rand.
The receiver must be at least 60 years old.

Why Was the SASSA SRD Founded?

South Africa’s government created the SASSA SRD in April 2005. The intent was to give social security payments out to deserving and qualifying sections of the population in the form of grants. The South African Department of Social Development (DSD) funds these grants. The DSD and the Ministry of Social Development also manage these grants’ funding and disbursement.

Schedule A of the Public Finance Management Act defines SASSA as a public entity. Its current head is Busisiwe Memela-Kham Bula.

Various South African provinces were tasked with giving social security to needy and deserving South Africans before the SASSA SRD was formed. Its inception was designed to reduce two things that plagued the South African government: corruption and notoriously bad delivery of service.

South Africa's government used Australia's social security administration, Centrelink, as a model when designing and structuring the SASSA SRD. As is the case with Centrelink, the SASSA SRD's primary functions are investing in, managing, and disbursing the funds. Interestingly enough, large sections of the South African population depend on these funds as a primary source of income.

Some Sobering Information About South Africa’s Population

Some 47 percent of South Africa’s population was dependent on public assistance as a primary source of income last year. Approximately 60,414,495 people currently live in South Africa in 2024.

About 28,394,813 million people in South Africa receive some public assistance. Eighteen million of those on the dole receive lifelong benefits. Ten million received a public grant that was set up during the pandemic. This is the Social Relief of Grant Distress, and it's designed for working-age people who are either unemployed or employed in the informal economy and lack a social safety net.

Most of the grant money is designed for kids. However, the legal caregivers receive the funds. These funds may help needy kids. Numerous studies reveal that needy kids who receive regular cash transfers tend to do better in school. They also pull more kids out of poverty and result in those kids having food on the table.

The SASSA SRD’s Primary Functions

The SASSA administration mostly processes SASSA SRD applications, verifying and approving these applications, paying eligible beneficiaries, and detecting and preventing fraud. The SASSA administration relies on many advanced technologies for verification. These include but aren’t limited to:

Recognition of facial features
Voice recognition
Fingerprinting

Note: You’ll need to have a working camera on your smartphone and bring that to the office when you’re applying for SASSA SRD benefits.

Grant Assistance Qualifying Applicants are Eligible For

If you qualify for a SASSA grant, expect to receive your benefits monthly and in cash. You can avail of one or more of the following types of grants."

Grant for older persons
Disability grant
War veteran’s grants
Care dependency grant
Foster child grant
Child support grant
Child support grant top-up
Grant-in-aid
Social relief of distress (SRD)
COVID-19 Social Relief of distress (SRD)

Qualification Criteria for Specific Grants

The South African Government has so many grants. So, different grants have specific qualifying criteria. It’s time to discuss the criteria for each type of grant.

Grants for the Elderly

You must be a South African citizen or permanent resident living in South Africa to qualify. You may be eligible for the elderly grant if you’re a refugee who calls South Africa a permanent home.
You must be at least 60 years old.
Your spouse, if you are married, will be subjected to a means test to determine if you qualify for grants.
Stipulations of these
- You must have never been committed to a mental institution
You must not be receiving another source of income from another (South African) state-funded grant.
You must provide an identity document with the 13-digit barcode. You can also furnish the Smart ID card. It will be good for both you and your spouse.
You can use your birth certificate or another form of ID acceptable by the SASSA if you don’t have either the identity document or the Smart ID card.

Disability Aid

You must be a South African citizen or permanent resident who lives in South Africa. You can qualify if you’re a permanent refugee in South Africa.
You must be between the ages of 18 and 59.
You must pass a physical that SASSA doctors give
- The physical must medically confirm your disability.
You must provide a supporting clinical information or referral form that confirms your disability.
The supporting clinical or referral form must have been filled out by a licensed and recognized medical professional if it was previously rejected on medical grounds.
You and your spouse will be subjected to and must pass the means test.
You (and your spouse, if you are married) must have never been placed in a state institution.
Neither you nor your spouse can be receiving any other type of state-sponsored aid.
You must provide an identity document with the 13-digit barcode. You can also furnish the Smart ID card for yourself or your spouse.
You can provide a copy of your birth certificate or any other form of state-approved ID if you have neither the identity document nor the Smart ID card.

War Veterans’ Grant

You must be a South African citizen or permanent resident living in South Africa to qualify.
You may be eligible if you’re a refugee who lives in South Africa.
Your spouse must pass the means test if you are married.
Both the applicant and his spouse must have never been institutionalized.
The applicant must not be receiving another form of social assistance.
The applicant must be either 60 or older or must have a medically confirmed disability.
The applicant must be either a WWII or a Korean War veteran
The applicant must submit a 13-digit identity card or a Smart ID card.
The applicant can submit his birth certificate or some other form of SASSA-acceptable ID if not in possession of either the identity card or the Smart ID card.

Grant-in-aid

You must be receiving either the older person grant, the disability grant, or the war veteran's grant to qualify.
You must be in the full-time care of a qualified caretaker because of your physical or mental disabilities.
Neither you nor your spouse must have ever been placed in a state institution to qualify.
You must be examined and have your physical or mental disability confirmed by a qualified medical professional.
You must submit a referral form or medically acceptable information that confirms your disability.
You must submit a referral form that is completed and signed by both a treating facility and a doctor if your previous application was rejected because of medical reasons.
Note: the grant-in-aid social assistance is a supporting grant.

Foster Child Grant

The foster parent must be a South African citizen, refugee, or permanent resident who calls South Africa home.
The foster kid and parent must both be permanently living in South Africa.
The foster parent must furnish a court record proving the kid's foster care status.
The foster parent must be taking care of the kid for the entire time the kid is receiving the grant.
The foster parent must provide the 13-digit bar-coded identity card or the Smart ID card for both him or herself and the kid.
The foster parent must furnish a birth certificate for the kid if they (the foster parent) don't have either the 13-digit bar-coded identity card or the Smart ID card. A form of SASSA-approved ID is also acceptable.

Care Dependency Grant

You must be a South African citizen, a permanent resident, or a refugee who calls South Africa home.
Both the child and you must live in South Africa permanently.
The kid must be younger than 18.
You must submit either the kid's clinical information or a referral form to provide medical information, which can be used as a baseline for clinical assessment.
You must provide a referral form that has been completed by a treating facility or medical provider if you have applied but were rejected on medical grounds.
The kid must pass a medical or functional assessment that confirms their disability.
Both the applicant and their spouse must pass the means test. The exception is for foster parents.
The kid receiving the grant must have never been placed in a state institution.
The caregiver must furnish a birth certificate for the kid.
You (the applicant) must provide a 13-digit bar-coded identity card or a Smart ID card on behalf of yourself and your spouse if you don’t have a birth certificate. You can also furnish SASSA-approved identification.
School-aged kids must go to school and provide proof of attendance. However, you can still receive the grant even if you can’t provide a certificate that proves the kid goes to school full-time.
NOTE: THE SASSA DOESN’T FACTOR THE FOSTER PARENTS’ INCOME IN WHEN ASSESSING THE CHILD’S ELIGIBILITY FOR THE GRANT.

Child Support Grant

You must be a South African citizen, permanent resident, or refugee permanently living in South Africa if you’re the primary caregiver.
The kid you’re taking care of must also live in South Africa.
Both you and your spouse must pass the means test requirements.
You can’t apply for a grant for more than six kids.
The kid receiving the grant must have never been committed to a state institution.
School-aged kids must attend school full-time. You must also provide formal proof that the kid goes to school.
Both of the kid’s biological parents must no longer be living.
You must also provide official and formal death certificates of both biological parents.
If one biological parent is dead and the death of the other can’t be officially confirmed, you must provide an affidavit.

Proof of Identity - For the Child Support Grant

If you don't have the 13-digit bar-coded identity card, birth certificate, or Smart ID card for the foster kid, you can still apply for the Child Support Grant.
You’ll need to visit your local SASSA office to gain further information and insights regarding acceptable forms of ID in the above instance.
Note: you can furnish the Section 24 permit as proof of status and identity if you’re a refugee.

Social Relief of Distress

The Social Relief of Distress is provided to those who would otherwise be destitute. The same would apply to their families. South African citizens, permanent residents, and refugees are eligible for the Social Relief of Distress grant. You must meet some of the criteria mentioned below to qualify for the Social Relief of Distress grant, even if both you and your family members are destitute:

You must be an applicant who is waiting for the payment of an approved social grant.
The breadwinner in your family must have been assessed to disability status less than six months before you apply for the Social Relief of Distress grant.
The breadwinner in your family has decreased, and you have applied for the grant within 12 consecutive months of the death.
The breadwinner has been admitted to a state or private institution for at least a month.
The breadwinner is not financially supported by their legal caregiver.
If you are unable to travel to the SASSA grant office because of illness or older age, you can have a family member represent you. The member must provide a letter from you that authorizes the application.
An authorized SASSA officer will complete your application if you do it in person.
You can always complete the application solo online.
You will receive a receipt or confirmation number upon completion of your application. You are advised to save that number.
You can apply for grants for older persons, child support grants, or foster child grants online at https://srd-sassa.org.za/.
The application process and application are free.
You will receive a written explanation of the reasons for rejection if your application is not approved.
You can appeal any rejections.
The office staff will advise you regarding the steps to take if your application is rejected.

Date of Grant Application

The date of the grant application is officially the day when all required documents are received and approved by the SASSA office. It’s also the day when the application itself is officially approved.

NOTE: if you’re applying for the COVID-19 SRD, the grant date is the day when you file your application and it’s accepted.

Day You Begin to Receive Funds

You will receive funds from the day you submit the completed application if it's approved. The exception is for foster child grants, which are paid from the date that the court orders payments.

Steps to Take if Your Grant is Rejected

You will receive a formal written notice explaining the reasons for your application’s rejection.
You will also be informed in writing of your right to appeal the decision.
Go to the nearest office or hop online and complete and submit the application once more if it’s rejected.

Payment Methods

Most grant recipients receive funding in the form of South African Rand notes. That said, you do have a choice as to how you’re paid. You can have the funds wired directly to either your bank account or to an account that the SASSA sets up for you if you want.

NOTE: you will have to give electronic permission if you want the funds wire transferred to an account.

Suspension of Grants

It's your responsibility to inform the SASSA grant office of any changes in your financial or caretaker situation that could suddenly make you ineligible for the grants that you've been receiving. Failure to do so may result in your grant payments being temporarily or permanently suspended.

Doing the following or failing to do the following generally results in a suspension of grant payments:

Changes in your current financial or medical situation
The outcome of an SASSA grant review
Failure to comply or cooperate during a SASSA grant review.
Committing fraud or making misrepresentations initially to obtain the grant
Receiving the grant because of an admin error.
Failure to submit all of the required documents with the application on time.

Suspended Grants Can be Restored

You can have your grant suspended if you don’t collect the funds for more than three months in a row. The same can occur if you don’t submit your application for annual review by the deadline. In these instances, you must apply for review to have your funds restored within 30 days of the suspension date.

Reasons Why Grants Normally Lapse

The primary caregiver or beneficiary dies.
When the child dies, if you were receiving some child grant.
If the receiver is committed to a state (or, in some instances, private) institution.
If the temporary disability period lapses.
If you’re out of South Africa for more than 90 consecutive days.
If you lose your refugee status.
If the child was receiving the grant and they turn 18.
If you didn’t collect the funds for more than 3 months in a row.

Reviews

You must declare all income sources when you apply for a grant. SASSA will decide, based on that, when and if your grant will be renewed. You will receive 30 days advance notice as to the day when your review will take place. You must submit a new application before that day, and you must declare all sources of income (including new sources of income.)

The SASSA office will decide, based on the income information provided in your new application, if it should review your application and revise your grant status.

Life Certificate

Interestingly enough, life certificates prove that you are living. So, the SASSA office may ask that you submit a life certificate along with your application. The SASSA office will inform you in advance if you need to furnish a life certificate. The SASSA office may confirm your life certificate status electronically.

NOTE: You may not receive a social grant at the same time you are receiving a social distress grant.

Conclusion

Many South Africans are in need of financial assistance from their government. The South African government has responded by establishing the SASSA administration which provides vital financial assistance to citizens, permanent residents, and refugees and their dependents who otherwise would be destitute.