Mandate, Objectives and Strategy of SASSA

Strategy

The Agency’s main objective is to build a high performance institution that manifests itself by compliance with good governance principles, while striving for operational excellence via continued service delivery improvements to beneficiaries

Strategic Themes

• Ensure a High Performance Institution
• Service Delivery Improvement
• Good Governance
• Building Human Capital
• Sound Financial Management

Mandate

The mandate of the Agency is to ensure the provision of comprehensive social security services against vulnerability and poverty within the constitutional and legislative framework

Legislative Mandate for SASSA

Social Assistance Act, 2004

The Act provides a national legislative framework for the provision of different types of social grants, social relief of distress, the delivery of social assistance grants by a national Agency and the establishment of an Inspectorate for Social Security.

South African Social Security Agency Act, 2004

The Act provides for the establishment of the South African Social Security Agency as a schedule 3A public entity in terms of the PFMA. The principle aim of the Act is to make provision for the effective management, administration and payment of social assistance and service through the establishment of the South African Social Security Agency. The President signed the Act on the 28th May 2004.