SASSA Plan Reduces SRD Grant Rejection Rates

SASSA says it has plans to reduce SRD Grant rejection rates. SASSA says it has experienced a rise in the number of rejection rates for the COVID-19 grant applications. This can be attributed to several factors such a mismatch between details provided by beneficiaries and reliance on the information derived from data sets obtained from institutions such as UIF and SARS databases among others. In August there was a significant increase in the number of rejections, as SASSA implemented an additional step of means testing applications against banks. However SASSA tonot sue the means test through the banks as a criteria to determine eligibility. This will affect the approximately 1,9 million people who have been receiving the grant to date, but who were declined in August.We spoke to Paseka Letsatsi- SASSA's spokesperson.