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A South African Social Security Agency office in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

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Post Office urges Sassa beneficiaries to use supermarket or ATM for payments

By Maki Molapo

The state-owned entity said some of its branches won't have enough money adding however that most Sassa grants for this month have been paid.

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    Government has 'no interest' in selling the South African Post Office

    Former Post Office CEO Mark Barnes penned an open letter to Communications Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni where he offered to buy a majority stake in the struggling company.

    137 days ago
  • Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his maiden Medium-term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament on 11 November 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    Standing Committee on Appropriations keeping close eye on Budget plans for SOEs

    For Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations, the financial health of passenger rail agency, Prasa, the Post Office and the Land Bank is of great concern.

    166 days ago
  • FILE: Post Office. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN.

    Two Western Cape post offices robbed within 24 hours

    Four suspects were arrested in connection with a post office robbery in De Doorns during which they stole cash and SASSA cards.

    207 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    UCT holds GBV petition campaign to remember Uyinene Mrwetyana

    It petitions Parliament to end gender-based violence and the exploitation of women and girls.

    346 days ago
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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.

    509 days ago
  • Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams at a media briefing on the coronavirus on 25 March 2020 in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News.

    Ndabeni-Abrahams: I will give new Post Office CEO Mona my full support

    Last week, Nomkhita Mona was appointed to the position for a five-year term after it was left vacant since 2019.

    524 days ago
  • Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams at a media briefing on the coronavirus on 25 March 2020 in Pretoria. Picture: EWN

    Ndabeni-Abrahams never interfered in R2.2bn tender at Post Office, says board

    The minister gave an update on developments in the entities of her department, but she also spoke about the allegations reported in the media.

    669 days ago
  • Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. Picture: GCIS.

    Ndabeni-Abrahams: We welcome Icasa’s level 1 BBBEE status requirement

    The Communications Minister has detailed changes to the entities in her portfolio.

    670 days ago
  • FILE: The SABC headquarters in Auckland Park. Picture: SABC

    Treasury says SABC, Sapo asked for financial support

    It also revealed the Post Office had asked for R4.9 billion to help it through the COVID-19 pandemic.

    705 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    Uyinene Mrwetyana’s mom hopes to open wellness centre in fight against GBV

    The University of Cape Town student was raped and killed at the Post Office in Claremont before her body was dumped in Khayelitsha.

    715 days ago
  • FILE:  The department said there had always been systemic issues plaguing the Post Office even before the pandemic and lockdown. Picture: @PostofficeSa/Twitter.

    SA Post Office could join SAA in succumbing to effects of COVID-19

    The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies briefe Parliament about its programmes and projects dealing with the coronavirus.

    817 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Conditions at Orlando Post Office criticised as pension payments wrap up

    Like many centres nationwide, the queues outside the Orlando Post Office have been extremely long, with some of the beneficiaries arriving in the early hours of the morning to try and be among the first to receive their grants.

    824 days ago
  • The elderly at the Post office in Pimville are observing social distancing. They also all have masks on and they are sanitised at the door. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/EWN

    'The queue is moving fast': Pimville pensioners praise govt's grant system

    Pensioners will also receive R250 more for the next six months as part of government’s COVID-19 relief programme.

    824 days ago
  • Pensioner Anne Snyman leaves Mitchells Plain's Town Centre after collecting her pension payout on 30 March 2020. She said she stood in line for six hours. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN

    Technical error sees WC Sassa recipients receive duplicate payments

    Sassa said that about 83% of clients would have received duplicate payments unless the banks were able to reverse this prior to clients accessing their grants.

    825 days ago
  • Former South African Post Office executive Newyear Ntuli. Picture: Facebook.

    More sexual allegations against Newyear Ntuli emerge

    This after Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams reversed Ntuli's appointment as administrator for the Universal Service Access Agency of South Africa less than a week after she announced it.

    955 days ago
  • Former South African Post Office executive Newyear Ntuli. Picture: Facebook.

    Newyear Ntuli seeks legal advice over sexual misconduct claims at Post Office

    Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams appointed Newyear Ntuli administrator for the Usaasa but decided to reverse that appointment when EWN made inquiries about the allegations levelled against him.

    955 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    Mrwetyana Foundation wants to convert Clareinch Post Office into wellness centre

    The Clareinch Post Office will be converted into a wellness centre after The 19-year-old's death in August sparked nationwide outrage against the high levels of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa.

    980 days ago
  • Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe sentenced Luyanda Botha to three life terms and five years for defeating the ends of justice. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN

    Mrwetyana family welcomes hefty sentence for Luyanda Botha

    Uyinene Mrwetynana’s killer confessed to raping her twice before locking her up in a storeroom before murdering her and attempting to destroy the evidence.

    996 days ago
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