How to Complete the Form for Affidavit for a Grant in Aid

The affidavit for a grant in aid is a legal document that requires careful completion to ensure its validity.

Follow the steps below to complete the Form for Affidavit for a Grant in Aid accurately and with authority.

Personal Information

Fill in your surname, full names, age, physical address, and postal code in the respective spaces provided on the form.

Indicate the type of grant you are currently receiving by checking the appropriate box: older persons’ grant, war veterans’ grant, or disability grant. Delete any grant types that do not apply to you.

Confirm that you are not in a state-funded or subsidized institution and that you require regular attendance by another person.

Form for Affidavit for a Grant in Aid: Marital Status

Mark the appropriate marital status box with an “X” based on your current marital status: married, unmarried, in community, out of community, civil union, customary union, Asiatic religion, never married, divorced, widow/widower, or deserted for more than 3 months.

Financial Position

Indicate whether your financial position has changed or not since your application for the grant for older persons, war veterans, or disability grant. If there has been a change, you must be advised to review your grant.

Form for Affidavit for a Grant in Aid: Declaration

Read and understand the declaration statement carefully.

Sign the form to indicate that you declare all the information provided is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, and you have no objection to taking the prescribed oath, which you consider binding on your conscience.

Certification by Commissioner of Oaths

A Commissioner of Oaths must acknowledge that you know and understand the contents of the declaration, and your signature/thumbprint was placed in their presence.

The Commissioner of Oaths must sign and provide their rank/force number, date, and place of certification, as well as their identity number and Commissioner/SAPS stamp.

External Sources:

  1. Commissioner of Oaths: Information on who can act as a Commissioner of Oaths and their responsibilities can be found on the official website of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development of South Africa: https://www.justice.gov.za/
  2. Grants in Aid: Information on grants in aid in South Africa, including eligibility criteria and application process, can be found on the official website of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA): https://www.sassa.gov.za/
  3. Affidavits: General information on affidavits, including their purpose, content, and legal requirements, can be found on the official website of Legal Aid South Africa: https://www.legal-aid.co.za/

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