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.
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Cops deployed to Sassa Bellville offices to enforce social distancing
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu is also visiting the office after numerous complaints were raised.
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Sassa rolling out measures to resolve issues with temporary disability grants
More than 200,000 beneficiaries have been left hanging after grant payments lapsed at the end of last month.
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Frustrated CT residents demand better service at Sassa during minister's visit
Sassa beneficiaries in Gugulethu were left frustrated with the long queues they had to endure to get basic services.
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Minister Zulu visits Gugulethu Sassa offices following complaints
Hundreds of beneficiaries have been queuing for hours at various offices to renew their grants.
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Black Sash calls on Sassa to reinstate lapsed temporary disability grants
The organisation said that nationally, more than 200,000 grant beneficiaries had been affected, after payments lapsed at the end of last month.
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WC Social Development MEC, Sassa to meet over disability grant backlogs
Thousands of beneficiaries have been queueing to renew their grant applications.
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MEC Fernandez meets with Sassa officials over temporary disability grant backlog
Hundreds of beneficiaries have been queuing for hours at various offices to renew their grants.
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Measures in place to expedite temporary disability grant re-applications – Sassa
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.
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Sassa still has questionable beneficiaries on its system - AG Maluleke
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke on Wednesday delivered the second COVID-19 relief fund audit report.
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CoJ employees who defrauded UIF, Sassa could face criminal charges
The city has also emphasised that it is committed to dealing with fraud and corruption and ensuring that there are consequences for wrongdoing.
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Criminals target 2 Sassa offices in Western Cape, escaping with cash
Police confirmed post offices in Belhar and Bishop Lavis were targeted.
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Civil society groups demand govt extend and increase R350 relief grant
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.
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4.4 million S. Africans have received R350 COVID-19 grant, says Sassa
Sassa says there's been a vast improvement in the disbursement of the money after initial glitches left many people in the lurch.
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EC couple faces 10 years in jail for defrauding Sassa of R1.2m
It’s understood one of the culprits worked at the agency and conspired with an accomplice to register fraudulent social grants recipients.
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Trio nabbed for allegedly conspiring to steal money from Sassa
The trio, aged between, 27 and 39, was arrested during an intelligence driven operation by the Hawks on Friday.
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Zulu: Sassa doing its best to process special COVID-19 relief grants
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.
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Zulu: We are still experiencing issues with paying out relief grants
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.
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Sassa considering new database for rejected R350 relief grant applicants
Many applications were rejected because they didn't initially meet the criteria.
