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SASSA says that if you suspect wrongdoing like that, you must immediately contact their fraud hotline at 0800 601Ā 011, and give them the ID number.
If your ID and childās birth certificate are stolen, immediately report them to the police, SAFPS, Home Affairs, SASSA, and Postbank to block fraud, replace document
SASSA does not regard outstanding debt or loans as income but regards these as assets. The current old age grant monthly income thresholds is R8,990 for a single person and R17,890 if you are married.
Your disability grant may have been declined because your medical form was outdated. You need to submit a recent report and appeal.
Postbank has suspended issuing new SASSA cards due to regulatory delays. Beneficiaries can apply at a bank of their choice to receive their grants.
It depends whether your monthly provident fund withdrawals put you over the maximum allowed income to qualify for the disability grant.
Yes, but SASSA grants are means tested, and UIF and pension benefits count as income, so your grant will be less.
SASSA manually verifies every application, which takes very long. It could be that there is information missing but SASSA does not inform applicants when this is the case, so you need to keep checking
If you donāt have a bank account, there are other ways you can prove your income situation to SASSA.
Unfortunately, if your combined income exceeds the threshold, your application is unlikely to succeed, but you can appeal the decision.