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Your disability grant may have been declined because your medical form was outdated. You need to submit a recent report and appeal.
It depends whether your monthly provident fund withdrawals put you over the maximum allowed income to qualify for the disability grant.
Yes, but SASSA grants are means tested, and UIF and pension benefits count as income, so your grant will be less.
If you don’t have a bank account, there are other ways you can prove your income situation to SASSA.
Unfortunately, if your combined income exceeds the threshold, your application is unlikely to succeed, but you can appeal the decision.
There could be a problem with your photo or the information captured in your application could be incorrect or incomplete.
The true beneficiary can officially revoke the power of attorney that the person has assumed, and report the fraud to SASSA.
When you apply for a disability grant, you will undergo a medical assessment to determine whether you should qualify for a temporary or permanent grant.
SASSA will likely count the repayments as income. Because the grant value works on a sliding scale, I suggest you let SASSA know when the loan has been paid off.
It is possible that someone is fraudulently using your details to collect a social grant. You should contact SASSA as soon as possible.