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The Minister was updating the nation on the Child Support Grant Top-Up during a media briefing on Monday in Pretoria.
Minister Zulu noted that it was important to mention that the Child Support Grant Top-Up is not a new grant.
She said that the additional R240 to the standard R480 is enabled by a 2015 Cabinet-approved policy.
“The provisions of this policy enables me as the Minister of Social Development to introduce the higher value child support grant top-up for orphans. As a result, on 01 June 2022, and with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, I introduced the Child Support Grant Top-Up.
“By ‘Top-Up’ we mean an additional amount of R240 that supplements the standard Child Support Grant amount of R480. Only relatives caring for an orphaned child can apply for and receive the Child Support Grant Top-Up of R720 per child per month,” the minister said.
Minister Zulu said that all caregivers of orphans should know that the Child Support Grant Top-Up is available at all SASSA offices for them to apply.
“No Social Worker’s report or court order are needed to access the Top-Up. This is designed to improve the accessibility of the CSG programme to, as best as possible, meet the basic needs of orphans.
“South Africans should keep in mind that the only caregiver who needs to see a social worker before they can approach SASSA are children under 18 years who are looking after their orphaned siblings in child-headed households,” she said.
Qualifications for SASSA Child Support Top-Up
- certified copies of the death certificates of both parents,
- or where the death certificate of one of the parents cannot be obtained, a certified copy of one parent plus an affidavit by the applicant attesting to the unknown status of the child’s other parent.