Namhla cares for a child whose mother is deceased. The social worker assisted her with getting a foster child court order for the child for 2 years. After this Namhla applied for and received a Foster Child Grant. Two years later the grant is terminated because the Social Worker did not extend the foster child order in terms of the Children’s Act.

What can Namhla do?

According to a recent court case, SASSA is required to pay all foster child orders even though they have lapsed and the Department of Social Development is required in terms of the court ruling to deal administratively with the matter. Therefore Namhla can still receive the foster care grant while the social worker and the DSD deals with her grant and the foster child order.