The payments are expected to be made to applicants in the last week of August.

The unemployed woman is using her SASSA grant to ensure people have something to eat.

Jacobs and her husband are both not working due to the ragingCovid-19and they have three children.

Sassa, social relief grant, applicants

Sassa was flooded with applications for the Social Relief of Distress grant. Photo credit: @Oupa Lekgowe, @sajobsonlineSource: Facebook

Zulu also stated thatSouth Africans needed to reapplyfor the grant despite having been approved for the previous grant.

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