| (1) |
A person may apply for a Social Relief of Distress Grant if the person complies with the criteria set out in this Direction. |
| (2) |
An application for a Social Relief of Distress Grant may be lodged electronically over and above any other available means of lodging such applications. |
| (3) |
A Social Relief of Distress Grant of R350 per month as indicated in the Annexure is payable for the period indicated therein to a person who is— |
| (a) |
a South African Citizen, Permanent Resident or Refugee registered on the Home Affairs database and persons who are holders of special permits under the Special Angolan Dispensation, the Lesotho Exemption Permit dispensation and the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Dispensation, and asylum seekers whose section 22 permits or visas are valid or were valid on 15 March 2020; |
| (b) |
currently residing within the borders of the Republic of South Africa; |
| (c) |
above the age of 18 and below the age of 60; |
| (e) |
not receiving any social grant in respect of himself or herself; |
| (f) |
not receiving an unemployment insurance benefit and does not qualify to receive an unemployment insurance benefit; |
| (g) |
not receiving a stipend from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and other financial aid; |
| (h) |
not receiving any other government COVID-19 response support; and |
| (i) |
not a resident in a government funded or subsidised institution. |
| (j) |
a caregiver without a valid 13-digit identity number and who possesses a system generated number provided by SASSA. |
[Direction 3(3)(j) inserted by section 2 of Notice No. 1028, GG45302, dated 11 October 2021]
Statistics Act, 1999
