Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says disability grants that expired earlier this year will be reinstated until the end of October.
She briefed the media in Pretoria on her department’s response to adjustments to the COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown.
The amount of R350 to be paid to qualifying applications will from May – October 2020. The qualifying criteria for the special COVID-19 Social Relief of distressed individuals is as follows: ?#SocialReliefGrant #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/QBKGQw7s3m
— South African Government (@GovernmentZA) May 11, 2020
Zulu, accompanied by SASSA executives, says the extension applies to all disability grants that lapsed between February and March.
With regards to the recruitment of social work professionals an additional 1 809 social workers to reinforce the current workforce and to provide range of social work services, including timely psychosocial interventions to support for
affected individuals and families. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/ljrkPytFBr— South African Government (@GovernmentZA) May 11, 2020
“In cases where the temporary disability grant were suspended, they will be reinstated and paid until the end of October, the same applies to the care dependency and foster child care that are due to lapse during the lockdown period.”
”The payment of this reinstated grants will take place before the end of May. We hope this extension will give persons with disability some peace of mind in the mist of this deadly virus,” explains the Minister.
In the video below, Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu briefs the media on the department’s response to COVID-19 for level 4 risk adjustment.