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The elderly practice social distancing while waiting to collect their Sassa grants from the Diepsloot Mall. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

Sassa

SRD R350 grant: Thousands of payments delayed after PostBank's technical glitch

By Tasneem Adams

Africa Melane spoke to Lucas Ndala, the interim CEO at Postbank about the technical issues with the R350 grant payments.

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    89 days ago
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    Sassa urges grant recipients to use other payment methods due to 'challenges'

    The agency said that grant recipients would receive a PIN code for them to access their money at certain retail outlets, like supermarkets and ATMs.

    89 days ago
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    152 days ago
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    153 days ago
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