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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - SERVICES: SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS PROGRAMME
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Care Dependency Grant
If you are the parent, guardian, foster parent or custodian of any child between the ages of 1 year old and 18 years old who needs full-time care because of mental or physical disability, you can get a monthly payment from the government called a ... >
Combating Fraud and Corruption in the Social Security System
"Fraud Costs You Money. See it, Report it, Stop it!" ... >
Disability Grants
If you are an adult (18 years or older) who is not able to work because of a mental or physical disability, you can get a monthly payment from the government called a disability grant. You can get a permanent grant if your disability will ... >
Grant for Caring for a Young Child (Child Support Grant)
If you are the person responsible for looking after a child (you are the child's primary caregiver) and the child is younger than 18 years old, you can get a monthly payment from the government called a Child Support Grant. >
Grant for Fostering a Child (Foster Child Grant)
A foster child is a child who is removed from their parents and legally placed in the care of foster parents, in terms of the Child Care Act. If you have been appointed a foster parent by a court, you can get a monthly ... >
Grant for Someone Who Needs Full-time Care (Grant-in-Aid)
If you are already receiving an old age, disability or war veteran's grant and you are unable to care for yourself, to the point where you need full-time care from someone else, then you may get an additional monthly payment from the ... >
Old Age Pension (Old Persons Grant)
Who Can Apply for the Old Persons Grant? The Means Test, Old Persons Grant Value, Applying for the Grant, Enquiries ... >
Social Services Helpline
Citizens can contact the toll-free South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Helpline on 0800 601 011 for queries relating to: pay-out dates, qualifying criteria for all government grants, District Offices' address and contact numbers, help in following up grant applications, calls relating to fraud ... >
War Veteran's Grants
If you 60 years or over and you served in the Second World War (1939-1945) or the Korean War (1950-53), you may get a war veteran's grant. You must be a citizen of South Africa and living in South Africa at the time of applying ... >
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The content on this page was last updated on 10 April 2012
