SRD grant goes to South Africans who haven't CONTRIBUTED to UIF or SARS

When the R350 (SRD) grant was introduced in 2020, my understanding was that it was for people who suffered loss of income due to the covid 19 pandemic and this small amount of money was there to bring a little relief. It's not much but could help. When the SRD was re-introduced in 2021 from August, I registered myself and my wife, whom last worked in around 2016. I completed the registration on Sunday 29 August 2021, she received her first payment on 1st September 2021, then 25th October and 20th November. My application has been declined since initial registration with the following message..."alternative income detected" I did some research on their website and came across the following message: When we apply for any grant in South Africa, our details gets sent to the treasury and all financials gets looked at. If any of your bank accounts exceed and income of R595 per month, you will not be eligible for the SRD grant. During September and October my daughter paid money into my account and exceeded the R595. This article on their website actually explains exactly what you should and should not do and that is to stop money going into any of your accounts even if you selected SA post office payment collection. I stopped all eft's and other payments, during November, like friends sending money to pay their account or purchase something for them cause I'm in the area. My application for November 2021 was again declined with the same reason.

I sent and email to the provided email address by SASSA and got the below reply, which I followed the instructions but obviously did not work.

From our understanding, as mentioned above, South African citizens that had loss of income due to the pandemic, can apply and will qualify if they meet the requirements as stipulated on their site. This clearly not the case as I know of people who are receiving the R350, collection at the post office. (My one friend actually has his own small business and have thousands of rand in his FNB account). One other thing is and doesn't make sense is that allot of the people receiving the grant hasn't contributed to the UIF and paid income tax, so how can they receive a grant that myself and thousands and possibly millions of SA's have contributed, cannot qualify for this small amount of money. That's why our country will not prosper financially, ever.

SASSA Grant Enquiries Mon, Nov 22, 4:47 PM (8 days ago) to me

Thank you for your email.

If your application for the special COVID-19 grant is declined, you have the right to appeal within 30 days of receiving the declined reason.

Visit https://srd.sassa.gov.za click on the Application for reconsideration tab and select “ Apply for reconsideration”. You can request reconsideration for each month that the application is declined.

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