Official reply: 19 May 2010
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
QUESTION 143
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
Date of publication on internal question paper: 16 April 2010
Internal question paper no 8
Mr D A Worth (DA-FS) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
Whether an application for a disability grant has been received by her
department from a certain person (name and details furnished*); if so, (a)
what is the current status of this application and (b) when will the
application be (i) processed and (ii) accepted? CW175E
*Mr Christiaan Frederick Schoeman
REPLY
Yes. (a) Initially, SASSA was unable to find any entries on Socpen and
MIS relating to Mr Christiaan Frederick Schoeman whose ID number is: 511009
5165 082. This is despite Mr Schoeman being adamant that he had gone to our
offices to make an application. The General Manager: Disability Management
at SASSA contacted Mr Schoeman and arranged for a disability assessment and
an application was completed and captured on the 05 May 2010.
(b) Although Mr Schoeman was found to be disabled by the medical doctor,
his application for a Disability Grant was however unsuccessful as the
combined earnings of himself and his wife amounting to R267 479 per annum
is above the R62 592 threshold set for married people. Mr Schoeman has been
notified of his application outcome.
Source: South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)
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