Who Qualifies for SASSA Disability Grant? New Criteria

The South African Social Security Agency provides financial aid to people who cannot afford daily life expenses. A disabled person can also apply for a SASSA grant if he falls under the eligibility criteria and provides authentic documents. Come with me to see the eligibility criteria and the required documents for a disability grant.

Importance Of Eligibility Criteria

The majority of the people rush to apply for a bursary, or social grant program as the government announces without considering the importance of eligibility criteria. Instead, we should see the criteria before applying for a social grant to understand whether it is for us or we should find another grant program.

Here are the SASSA Disability Grant criteria

• An applicant must be a citizen of South Africa.
• An applicant must be a resident of South Africa.
• An applicant must be between 18 and 59 years of age.
• An applicant must belong to a disadvantaged background.
• An applicant must have a medical report confirming that he has a severe disability.
• The medical report proving severeness of disability should be older than 3 months.
• An applicant must not earn more than the income threshold of SASSA.
  • The income threshold for unmarried people is R86,280 and for married people, it is R172,560 annually.
  • The asset threshold for unmarried people is R1,227,600 and for married people it is R2,455,200
• An applicant must not be cared for in the State Institution.
• An applicant must not take social grants from any other institute.

Required Documents

• You need to provide an ID document.
• You are required to fill out an affidavit and this must be done in the presence of the Oaths Commissioner. (The commissioner should not be affiliated with SASSA)
• You need to provide a sworn statement signed by a respected person, such as a counselor or social worker, to confirm the age and name.
• You need to submit a report on your disability issued by a working medical professional which should be not older than 3 months.
• If you are married then provide the Marriage Certificate.
• If you are divorced, then provide a Divorce Decree.
• You need to provide proof of residency.
• You need to provide a bank statement which should be not older than 3 months.
• If your partner has passed within 5 years then provide a death certificate.

SASSA Disability Grant eligibility criteria are designed in a way so that the agency can help only deserving people. The purpose of a tough criteria is to filter the deserving people and then provide them with a grant so they can daily life manage expenses. I hope this information will help you in the future, thank you.