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Mpumalanga South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is urging all R350 grant beneficiaries to re-apply for the R350 COVID-19 Social Relief of distress grant .SASSA Mpumalanga is issuing this statement after the Customer Care Unit received numerous enquiries from beneficiaries. Clients assumed that automatically they will be in payment cycle of April 2022- March 2023. The era of disaster terms and conditions regulation have been repealed. New regulations have published by the Minister of DSD for new application in this new normal era.

Those who are struggling to re-register on the website they must make use of the WhatsApp number 082 046 8553 it is active. Beneficiaries who have already re-applied on the website: srd@sassa.gov.za(link sends e-mail) they must not make many applications, as it confuses the system and prolonging the verification and approval phase processes.

Applicants must ensure that their personal details are correctly captured and avoid donating personal details to scammers. if they choose cellphone payment option they must RICA their cellphone numbers first to avoid disqualification or disapproval of the application.

For more information contact the Customer Care toll free number: 0800 60 10 11 or 013 574 9428/9363 from 08:00 – 16:00 during week days Monday – Friday.

Issued by South African Social Security Agency