Sassa
Sassa says it’s working on resolving delayed payment in COVID grants
This is for grants that were supposed to be paid out over the past few months.
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Black Sash raises concerns over Sassa delay in COVID-19 relief grants
The Black Sash's Esley Philander said that the payment delay was not an isolated incident.
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Ipid clears police over use of water cannon on grant recipients in Bellville
In January, officers used a water cannon to enforce social distancing among queueing beneficiaries at Sassa's Bellville office.
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Civil society groups to protest for extension of COVID-19 grant
There will be #PayTheGrants pickets in various provinces at Sassa offices and at post offices.
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Zulu asks Treasury for further extension of R350 COVID-19 relief grant
There have been calls from various organisations, including Black Sash, to carry on with the benefit to society's most vulnerable.
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Sassa launches online booking system for disability grants
Sassa, in collaboration with GovChat, developed an online booking system, which will allow people to book for their medical assessments without visiting the local office.
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Civil society groups march on Sassa offices calling for extension of R350 grant
The groups called for the R350 grant to be extended until a legislative and policy framework with a secure budget is in place for the implementation of a basic income grant.
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Black Sash leads march to Sassa's PTA office to demand COVID-19 grant extension
The group will be handing over a memorandum to the Social Development Department later on Thursday.
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Sassa working around the clock to rectify R350 grant payment delays
There have been delays in payments of the R350 COVID relief grant in March, but Sassa said that was due to a number of reasons and it is now working to ensure that recipients are paid at the end of April.
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Sassa assures SA COVID-19 relief grant to be paid end of April
There were delays in payments but Sassa said this is due to a number a reasons.
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WC Sassa given until end of week to give feedback on disability grant backlog
It seems the agency has missed its own 31 March deadline to ease the log jam.
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WC temporary disability grant beneficiaries allegedly still not paid
Social Development MEC Sharna Fernandez met with SASSA on Monday about the nearly 53,000 grants that were suspended at the end of December.
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Ipid report on cops who used water canon on WC Sassa applicants due
The Western Cape Community Safety Department said it’s awaiting Ipid's report on the police deployment that led to the use of a water canon on Sassa grants applicants.
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Sassa has until Wednesday to clear disability grants backlog
Standing committee chairperson Gillion Bosman said the last report by Sassa indicated that as of 23 March, it still had just over 10 000 applications to process in the province.
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New COVID-19 grant, old Sassa problems
A sharp increase in the number of social grant recipients after the introduction of the special grant during the pandemic has exacerbated the strained grant payment system.
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Sassa warns beneficiaries about fake news on COVID-19 grants
A WhatsApp message was making its rounds saying that more than 3 million South Africans would receive a R3,500 COVID-19 grant for six months.
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Concern as social grant applicants are not being assisted fast enough
MEC Sharna Fernandez said by 24 February, the social security agency managed to process 16,569 applications, which left a further 31,000 still in limbo.
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ANCWL demands the release of Bathabile Dlamini’s pension funds
The league told journalists during a media briefing earlier on Friday that Dlamini took its national executive committee into confidence giving details behind the saga, which it described as cheap politics.
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R17bn spent on special COVID-19 relief grant so far, says Minister Zulu
Earlier this month, President Cyril Ramaphosa extended the grant by three more months, with many people relying on this money to survive without an income as a result of the pandemic.
