The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in Mpumalanga is today visiting the Fernie 2 Community Hall in Mpuluzi to render services to the community.
SASSA will be rendering services such as new social grant applications, change of payment method, customer care enquiries, as well as the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) COVID-19 grant enquiries.
In a statement, the agency said it is alarmed about the high number of people relying on social grants for survival.
“The aim of the Integrated Registration Outreach Programme [ICROP] is to reach-out to a high number of clients/ beneficiaries to access SASSA services.
“This is due to the lack of infrastructure at Fernie and there is no fully functional office dedicated to service the area on a daily basis. The service point created for intervention experiences a high influx of potential beneficiaries, which makes it difficult for the office to attend to all people who visit a service point.
“In this reach-out programme, SASSA will mobilise more resources to enable the servicing of all customers and increase access to Social Assistance services,” the agency said.
For more information, community members can call toll free during working days/hours on 0800 60 10 11 and WhatsApp on 082 046 8553. - SAnews.gov.za
