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SASSA facilitating smooth process for temporary social grant applications

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South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Chief Executive Totsie Memela Khambula says they are doing all they can to facilitate a smooth process for those reapplying or renewing their temporary social grants.

There’s concern that a nationwide rush to apply for grants could be exposing many people to the risk of contracting COVID-19.

 

Long queues formed outside SASSA offices in Gugulethu on the Cape Flats and Bellville in Cape Town on Friday.

Khambula says load shedding is also compounding their problems.

” We book appointments for them as quickly as possible, all the other clients are on the other side. What we have done is that we have started the queue at the back because we realise we have a challenge here, everybody was pushing each other. We understand that because people are desperate,” says Khambula.

 

In the video below, SASSA clarifies reports on temporary disability grants:

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