President Jacob Zuma will tomorrow, 19 July 2016 lead the celebrations of 10 years of the existence of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), which runs the South Africa’s social assistance programme, one of the country’s most effective and extensive poverty alleviation programmes. SASSA, an agency of the Ministry of Social Development, was established in terms of the Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004 to provide comprehensive social security services to eligible poor and vulnerable South African citizens. Since it started operating, the entity has played an important role of breaking the cycle of poverty through provision of social grants and also Social Relief of Distress (SRDs) such as school uniforms to children from poor households.
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