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No. While you can qualify for the SASSA pension if your income falls below the cut-off point, you cannot qualify for UIF if you are getting a SASSA pension.
No. SASSA says unequivocally that no one should give their SASSA cards to any other person.
SASSA does not regard outstanding debt or loans as income but regards these as assets. The current old age grant monthly income thresholds is R8,110 for a single person and R16,220 if you are married.
Accommodations should be made to help you if you look different because you have aged since your last ID photo was taken and your fingerprints are faded.
You should notify SASSA. If the problem persists, you can contact Black Sash or a similar organisation.
SASSA manually verifies every application, which takes very long. It could be that there is information missing but SASSA does not inform applicants when this is the case, so you need to keep checking
Yes, but SASSA grants are means tested, and UIF and pension benefits count as income, so your grant will be less.
It depends whether your monthly provident fund withdrawals put you over the maximum allowed income to qualify for the disability grant.
No, the money will not disappear, but SASSA says you need to withdraw some of the grant money within 90 days.
You can ask a family member or friend to apply on your behalf. They must take a letter from you and a doctor's note saying why you can't visit the office yourself.