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February payment dates for SASSA Social Grants

SASSA Social Grant February 2021 SASSA has recently released a payment schedule for the month of February, and are as follows: Older Person’s Grants will be paid from 3 February 2021 ( Including all other grants that are linked to older…

SASSA Social Grant Payment dates for the month of February 2021 – updated

SASSA has recently released a payment schedule for the month of February, and are as follows: Older Person’s Grants will be paid from 3 February 2021 ( Including all other grants that are linked to older person’s grants) Disability Grants…

October 2020 social grant payment dates:

Older Person’s Grants will be paid from 05 October 2020 (THIS INCLUDES ANY GRANTS LINKED TO THESE ACCOUNTS) Disability grants will be paid from 06 October 2020 (THIS INCLUDES ANY GRANTS LINKED TO THESE ACCOUNTS) All other social grants…

Southbourne Primary pupils educated about disabilities

A mother of a disabled Southbourne Primary pupil initiated a visit to the school with members of Disabled People South Africa (DPSA) Cacadu branch to educate pupils about disabilities. Lungiswa Quwe from Whittlesea whose daughter (a grade…

Disability awareness at Southbourne

GALLERY: Disabled People South Africa Cacadu branch visited Southbourne Primary School to educate pupils about disabilities. Read the full story in The Rep on Friday Pictures: ZINTLE BOBELO

PASSED THE TEST: Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality  disability council convener Thoza Mzilikazi tests the wheelchair ramp at the Queenstown  and Frontier Museum with museum head Thobile Mdlela     Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

Accessible facilities for all at the museum

The Queenstown and Frontier Museum is ready to welcome people with disabilities with the facility’s newly-built wheelchair ramp and accessible toilets. Museum head, Thobile Mdlela, said they had invited Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality…