The over 10 million unemployed South Africans benefiting from the R350 relief grant will now have greater accessibility as the Shoprite Group has stepped in to make grant payments available at its 1 286 supermarkets across South Africa.
Following the extension of the grant for another 12 months, customers can now access it at the till point in any Shoprite, Checkers, Usave and selected OK Foods supermarkets nationally. This enables customers to receive their grant, buy essential groceries and pay their bills in a single location.
To collect their grant in any Shoprite, Checkers, Usave or selected OK Foods, customers simply need to provide their ID and cellphone number. It must be the same cellphone number with which they registered on the sassa database, as a confirmation OTP will be sent to this number to prevent fraud. Grants are available from this month for all customers who have already registered online or at the Post Office. In-store registrations are not available.
For those who opted to receive their payment via their bank accounts must follow the normal procedures when withdrawing money from your account. There are no extra requirements. If you have a bank account it will be convenient to get an ATM card as this will enable you to access your money anywhere there is an ATM machine. Some of the banks you can use are capitec bank, absa bank, standard bank, nedbank, FNB bank among others.
For those who will like to collect their money via cash outlets can do so from the approved outlets like shoprite across the country. The banks you can use for receiving payment are as follows: Standard bank, absa bank, tyme bank, FNB bank, capitec bank and other banks in south Africa.
Note that there are no stipulations about beneficiaries with loans, credit card debt or on a debt consolidation program. If you have a loan with the bank you may be disqualified based on that but this is not part of the requirements. Secondly those on debt consolidation programs may also be declined as the money will go to the repayment of the debts and not to improve the living conditions of the individual.
It is important to note that having multiple bank accounts in standard bank, absa bank, nedbank, capital bank, tyme bank or fnb bank will not help you hide other earnings even if you do not use that bank account when registering for the R350 money this is because your ID is used when opening any new account so its easy for the financial agency to give an accurate date of all your accounts to the government.
If you also have a plan to have an account in multiple bank accounts to hide other incomes received the previous it will also not work because of the use of your ID. Finally you must be below 60 years, and not living in any government subsidised facility or working in the public sector.
Important notice: if for some reason say you receive a gift amounting to R400 in addition to your income of around R500 per month for that month it will take your total earnings for the month to R900 which means that you will not qualify for the grant that month. It is imperative that if you want to continue being paid by the agency every month you are earning below the threshold you must be sure not to receive any money into any of your bank accounts.
Cash transactions are not included in this check. This means that if you receive an amount of R1000 in cash from a relative or friend it will not be factored in your means test for that month and hence you will still be eligible for the R350 grant given by the agency through banks and other designated outlets monthly.
- Understanding the various types of Social Grants available to south africans and permanent residents.
- Understanding the meaning of all SRD status profiles for approved or declined beneficiaries.
- How to successfully appeal for R350 when your application has been declined or rejected.
- How to locate and contact the nearest Sassa office including the phone number.
- How to change or update your Sassa Banking details for SRD R350 Grant.
- How to cancel your application for the R350 Grant if you no longer need it.