Sassa
Black Sash group warns Sassa to expect more people seeking grants
Black Sash demanded that Sassa reinstate and extend the temporary disability grants that lapsed at the end of last month until March this year.
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu is also visiting the office after numerous complaints were raised.
More than 200,000 beneficiaries have been left hanging after grant payments lapsed at the end of last month.
Sassa beneficiaries in Gugulethu were left frustrated with the long queues they had to endure to get basic services.
Hundreds of beneficiaries have been queuing for hours at various offices to renew their grants.
The organisation said that nationally, more than 200,000 grant beneficiaries had been affected, after payments lapsed at the end of last month.
Thousands of beneficiaries have been queueing to renew their grant applications.
Hundreds of beneficiaries have been queuing for hours at various offices to renew their grants.
Around 53,000 beneficiaries in the Western Cape could not receive their grant payments this month, as temporary disability grants lapsed at the end of December.
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke on Wednesday delivered the second COVID-19 relief fund audit report.
The city has also emphasised that it is committed to dealing with fraud and corruption and ensuring that there are consequences for wrongdoing.
Police confirmed post offices in Belhar and Bishop Lavis were targeted.
Close to 80 organisations said the COVID-19 social relief of distress grant and the caregivers grant must be extended until the country had a comprehensive plan for guaranteed basic incomes.
Sassa says there's been a vast improvement in the disbursement of the money after initial glitches left many people in the lurch.
It’s understood one of the culprits worked at the agency and conspired with an accomplice to register fraudulent social grants recipients.
The trio, aged between, 27 and 39, was arrested during an intelligence driven operation by the Hawks on Friday.
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said that the slow processing of the special COVID-19 grant was due to various problems such as bank accounts that had not been verified and declined applications.
Millions of people have not been paid their R350 grant, which is aimed at assisting unemployed South Africans who receive no other financial assistance from government.
Many applications were rejected because they didn't initially meet the criteria.