Who Can Claim SASSA Funeral Benefits | Do SASSA Offer Funeral Benefits

SASSA has introduced funeral or death benefits for South African citizens in which SASSA will be bearing all the burial costs spent over a deceased person.

In order to get funeral benefits on behalf of the deceased person, the first relation relatives of the deceased person are only eligible to claim.

There are certain other policies that the relatives of the deceased person have to follow to successfully get the funeral benefits.

How to Claim Sassa Funeral Benefits

SASSA funeral benefits can be claimed by following the steps given below, remember that these benefits can only be given to the inheritants of the deceased.

• First, inform the SASSA about the deceased person by physically visiting the office or by calling the official number. You can skip this if you present SASSA with a death certificate later.
• SASSA will ask for necessary documents of the deceased person like a death certificate.
• Submit all the arranged documents, and they will start processing your case.
• Now you’ve to wait for their reply for approval or rejection.

SASSA Funeral Policy

Here are some points related to SASSA funeral policies you need to keep in mind while you’re planning to claim such benefits.

1. Only you as the blood relative or in the first relation person of the deceased person can claim only the benefits that the deceased person hasn’t claimed.
2. You will not get any grant payment if you fail to claim the funeral benefits for the next month of the burial.
3. The expense report should be presented to SASSA in order to claim the death benefits.
4. You’ll not get any additional amount if the actual cost of burial exceeds the cost you presented to SASSA through receipt.
5. All the expenses should be presented on receipts that are only digitally printed.

SASSA Grants Offerings

For now, SASSA is only offering the following grants to their citizens which you can check, you can also choose one from such grants accordingly if any suits your requirements.

• SASSA Child Support Grant
• SASSA Care Dependency Grant
• SASSA Old Age Grant
• SASSA Grant in-Aid
• SASSA Disability Grant
• SASSA Foster Child Garant
• SASSA War Veterans grant

If you are already a receiver of any SASSA grants from the above, you can perform SASSA status check on our site by just entering your national ID card number and registered phone number.

Suppose we get any news related to a funeral grant by SASSA, we will immediately publish all the information related to that grant, all its criteria, and required things on our site.

FAQs

For more information:

Call: 0800601011
Email: grantsenquiries@sassa.gov.za