SASSA Grant Appeal – New Sassa SRD Grant Appeals process

In this article am going to show you in details on SASSA Grant Appeal – New Sassa SRD Grant Appeals process Sassa announced that they will no longer deal with reconsideration requests related to unsuccessful R350 SRD grants. This function will be taken over by the Independent Tribunal for Social Assistance Appeals (ITSAA). So if you want to make a R350 Grant appeal to Sassa this will be important for you.

New Sassa SRD Grant Appeals process

One of the consequences of this change will see the old way of submitting a reconsideration request for the R350 SRD grant will fall away. Instead, unsuccessful clients must now submit an SRD reconsideration request via the new SRD grant appeals website.

Here’s The New SRD Grant Appeals Step-By-Step Process

Step 1: Visit The New SRD Appeals Website
Step 2: Enter Your Identification Number
Step 3: Enter The Cell Phone Number You Used During The Application Process
Step 4: Click Send “Pin”
Step 5: Once you receive the pin, you will be required to insert it and click “Submit”
Step 6: Select the month that you are appealing for
Step 7: Secret the drop-down arrow to choose the reason for your appeal application from the options provided
Step 8: Click “Submit” to complete the appeal application process

Unsuccessful R350 Sassa SRD grant applicants must submit an appeal application for each month in which Sassa rejected their application if they believe they should qualify for the R350  SRD grant.

The decision of the Independent Tribunal is the final decision and no further internal recourse will be available to unsuccessful applicants. However, the applicant may approach the High Court for judicial review within 180 days if they are not satisfied with the Independent Tribunal’s decision.

SASSA Grant Appeal

If you or anyone is wanting to qualify for the SASSA grant, you will need to first pass the SASSA Means test. This test was created to measure potential candidates’ income and assets and see if they qualify for the SASSA grant. Should the potential candidate’s income and assets be higher than the threshold set by the South African Government, they will unfortunately not qualify for the grant.

Some important things to note are:

• For unmarried applicants, the means test is dependent on the only candidate’s income and assets.
• For unmarried applicants, the means test is dependent on the candidate’s and their spouses income and assets.
• It does not make a difference if the candidate is married in the community of property or out of the community of property.
• Grants for Older Persons (pensioners), Disabled Candidates, and War Veterans are paid on a sliding scale. This means that the more private income you receive, the smaller your government grant will be.

What is the Asset and Income threshold?

Below is a list of the Asset and Income threshold, dated at 1 October 2022. It is important to note that these values are subject to change (usually on 1 April and 1 October each year):

Asset Threshold:

Older Persons, Disability, and War Veteran’s grant:

• A single person should not have assets totalling more than R1 313 400.
• A married person’s joint assets with their spouse should not total more thanR 2 626 800 (it is important to note that the value of the house the candidate lives in is not taken into account, irrespective of who owns it).

Income Threshold (per annum):

Older Persons,

• A single person should not have assets totalling more than R1 313 400.
• A married person’s joint assets with their spouse should not total more thanR 2 626 800 (it is important to note that the value of the house the candidate lives in is not taken into account, irrespective of who owns it).

Income Threshold (per annum):

Older Persons, Disability, and War Veteran’s grant:

• A single person should not earn more than R92 520 per year (i.e. R7 710 per month).
• A married person’s joint income with their spouse should not be more than R185 040 per year (i.e. R15 420 per month).

Child Support grant:

• A single person should not earn more than R57 600 per year (i.e. R4 800 per month).
• A married person’s joint income with their spouse should not be more than R115 200 per year (i.e. R9 600 per month).

Care Dependency grant:

• Parent/ PCG single should not earn more than R238 800 per year (i.e. R19 900 per month).
• A Parent/ PCG married joint income with their spouse should not be more than R477 600 per year (i.e. R39 800 per month).

It is important to note that the Foster Child grant, does NOT require a means test.
 

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