Sandy Godlwana, senior manager of communications and marketing at Sassa, said those who have already received this grant are in the system and do not need to re-apply.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the R350 Covid-19 Unemployment Insurance Fund Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) benefit will be extended to March 15, after months of discussions and debate over continued social and economic relief, aimed at the unemployed. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has processed in excess of 9.6-million applications between May 2020 and January 2021, and has paid more than 6.5-million grants per month. The total amount spent on this grant, to date, has exceeded R16-billion