The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) on Thursday asked recipients of social grants to report changes in their employment status, income, marital status or other personal circumstances if this could affect whether they still qualify for their grants.
The agency praised recipients who report these changes themselves and asks that their grants be stopped when they no longer qualify.
Sassa says recipients are legally required to report changes that could affect their continued eligibility. The agency can then reassess their circumstances before making further payments. If someone fails to report a relevant change and continues to receive a grant for which they no longer qualify, Sassa can recover the money they should not have received.
Recipients can visit their nearest Sassa office or use the Sassa service portal to report changes, update their details or request that a grant be stopped. Sassa says people who still meet the requirements remain entitled to support.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
