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Old and new Sassa cards. Picture: OfficialSASSA/Twitter.

New sassa cards

Grant beneficiaries urged to switch to new cards before end of December

By Bonga Dlulane

The agency says the deadline for obtaining new cards is the end on December and there won't be an extension.

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