a) Exact Criteria for each grant type listed below AND (b) who (i) qualifies AND (ii) who does not qualify for a pension payout.
Men and women aged 60 years or older
South African citizens, refugees or permanent residents
Must reside in South Africa (only exception to this are those SA citizens who reside in Walvis Bay)
Together with spouse, must comply with the means test
Cannot be in an institution funded by State
Since 2011, all older persons above the age of 75 receive an additional amount of R20 in addition to the grant
(b)
South African citizen or permanent resident (not refugees)
Must live in South Africa
60 years and is unable to provide for maintenance due to a disability AND served in one of the four wars listed (in reality only those who served in the Second World War or Korean War are still alive)
Includes a supplement over and above the regular disability or old age grant (R20)
Must comply with means test
Cannot be in institution funded by the State
(b)
Supplement for people who have a disability or are so frail that they require regular attendance by another person
Requirement is that the applicant must already be in receipt of a grant for older persons, war veterans or disability grant
Beneficiary cannot reside in subsidised institution
(b)
Primary care giver must be South African citizen, refugee or permanent resident (citizenship of child not an issue)
Primary care giver and child must live in South Africa
Paid to primary caregiver of the child (the care giver must be over the age of 16 and doesn’t have to be related)
Primary care giver and spouse must comply in terms of means test
Confirmation of school attendance or enrolment to be provided on application (but this is a soft condition). Failure to provide this does not result in no grant
Primary care giver limited to a maximum of 6 non-biological children
Primary care giver cannot be formally or informally employed to care for the child
Child cannot be resident in an institution funded by the State
(b)
Foster parent must be South African citizen, permanent resident of refugee (citizenship of child not an issue)
Both foster parent and child must live in South Africa
Court order places child in the care of someone else (foster parent includes a person, other than the biological parent of the child, in whose custody a child has been placed)
Magistrate’s court and social workers play a role in deciding who should care for the child
Grant only valid for the period of the court order
Social worker to review the situation before extension of court order
Foster child grants are not means tested at all
(b)
South African citizen or permanent resident (not refugees)
Must live in South Africa
18 years or older until age 60 when DG changes to an old age grant
Due to physical or mental disability unable to work & maintain themselves
Medical assessment by SASSA appointed medical doctor & a medical assessment report containing the certification of the degree of disability or not of the applicant
Grant is means tested (income of applicant and spouse)
DG can either be given as permanent (longer than 12 months) or temporary (6 – 12 months)
(b)
Primary care giver must be South African citizen, permanent resident or refugee (citizenship of child not an issue)
Primary care giver and child must live in South Africa
Paid to primary care giver of a child who is severely disabled (and is under 18 years – after age 18 the person then qualifies for a disability grant)
Care giver must be the parent, the primary care giver or the foster parent of the child
Child severely mentally or physically disabled
Grant to offset care-giver being unable to work full-time and higher expenses
If child looked after on a full-time basis for more than 6 months in a government-funded institution, then the parent is not eligible to receive this grant
Grant is means tested
Where a care dependent child is fostered, foster parent can receive both grants – neither grant is means tested
(b)
SRD is a short term relief for addressing crisis situations
Paid to South African citizens, permanent residents or refugees who have insufficient means and meet one or more of the following criteria:
Awaiting payment of an approved grant
Medically unfit for period of less than 6 months
Does not receive maintenance from a person legally obliged to pay such
Breadwinner has died and there is no other means of survival (application to be made within 3 months of death)
Breadwinner admitted to an institution funded by State
Person is affected by a disaster
Refusal will cause undue hardship
Only time a person receiving a grant can also receive social relief of distress is as response to disaster (no repayment)
Amendments allow payment of SRD to care giver even where child receives another social grant (CDG, FCG or CSG)
(b)
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Approved by the Minister on
Date……………………….