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(v) An application for a care- dependency
grant must be made
on the relevant form and in
addition to the documents required
in terms of subregulation
11(1) of the 2008 Regulations,
be accompanied by the following
documents —
i. A sworn statement or an
affidavit in a format prescribed
by SASSA, indicating
the income of the
applicant, together with
any supporting documents
that may be
deemed necessary and in
the case of a spousal relationship,
that of his or her
spouse. In absence of
supporting documents an
applicant may submit a
sworn statement or an affidavit
in a format prescribed
by SASSA,
ii.
stating that the applicant
does not have supporting
documents;
an assessment referred
to in Regulation 8(a) of
the 2008 Regulations.
(e) The South African Social Security
Agency must, according to Regulation
13(1), within three months
of the date of application for a
social grant notify the applicant of
the approval or rejection of the
application for the social grant. In
practice the estimated time taken
from receipt of the application for
a social grant to the time the
applicant is informed of the outcome
of the application is 35 days,
pending the availability of the
assessment report from the medical
officer.
(2) South African Social Security Agency
(SASSA) does not conduct medical
assessments, medical practitioners are
appointed for this purpose.
(a) Assessment of applicants occurs
at primary health care facilities,
secondary and tertiary hospitals,
specialised hospitals, psychiatric
hospitals, day hospitals, certain
community centres, nongovernmental
organisations, day care
facilities, protective workshops,
special schools, rehabilitation
(b)
centres and specialised clinics as
well as at certain SASSA offices.
Medical officers conducting the
assessments are required to complete
a medical assessment form
provided by SASSA and are required
to undergo training on
completing the assessment form.
(3) Deaf adults are eligible to apply for the
disability grant.
(a) & (b) (i) & (ii) They are required
to meet the eligibility criteria as
set out under reply (1)(b).
(4) There is no state grant in terms of the
Social Assistance Act, Act 13 of 2004,
available to assist deaf or hearing impaired
children in a specialised school
and/or classes, to purchase, maintain
hearing aids, upgrade ear moulds, for
speech therapy or sign language lessons
and visits to audiologists and other
specialist medical care.
The Department of Education has the
mandate of providing special schools
for children with disabilities and on
consultation, will be able to inform you
accordingly.
The competency and responsibility in
respect of provision of hearing aids,
upgrading of hearing aids, speech
therapy and specialist medical care are
the mandate of the Department of
Health. It is recommended that the
Department of Health be consulted
with regard to these questions.