Sassa beneficiaries
Post Office urges Sassa beneficiaries to use supermarket or ATM for payments
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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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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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Let those in power stand in shame
Recent actions by Minister Lindiwe Zulu make it worthwhile to remember the indignity many suffer daily at the hands of an aloof and uncaring state, writes Judith February.
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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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Sassa beneficiaries can now access money after 'technical glitch'
Sassa says it has reversed the grant money back into beneficiaries’ accounts and can be accessed now.
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Sassa beneficiaries struggle to access funds due to technical glitch
The agency says the glitch is caused by a poor signal in the system used to transmit funds electronically.
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Sassa warns of card-selling scam
The agency has come across an individual who's advertising his nefarious activities online.
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Sassa cautions beneficiaries against scammers
Sassa is warning beneficiaries against giving their cards or pins to anyone claiming to be from the Social Security Agency or the Post Office.
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Grant recipients urged to swap old cards for new ones
Sassa says the old cards will be deactivated next month and recipients will not be able to access their money.
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Sassa beneficiaries to receive December grants early
Sassa says this is to allow the elderly time to do their shopping before the Christmas rush.
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Bathabile Dlamini: 'I’ll tell my story when the right time comes'
In September, the Constitutional Court found that Bathabile Dlamini was grossly negligent in her handling of the social grants debacle.
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Grant beneficiaries urged to switch to new cards before end of December
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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Sassa investigates scam targeting unemployed Gauteng beneficiaries
Sassa says the scam claims recipients of all ages will be given a R2,200 voucher if they register on a bogus website with their ID numbers and proof of address.
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'Serious but sad' ruling on Dlamini aims to prevent repeat of crisis
The former social development minister was on Thursday slapped with a damning judgment, ordering her to pay 20% of the legal fees of human rights organisations.
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'We'll meet our obligation,' Shabangu says of social grant payments
The court has given Sassa until the end of this month to terminate its invalid contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS).
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CPS receives final payment instructions from Sassa
September will be the last month that CPS will be providing payment services at pay points for social grant beneficiaries before it's contract expires.
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Grindrod Bank says forced to charge Sassa beneficiaries to cover costs
Last year, the Constitutional Court ordered Sassa to end the irregular contract with Cash Paymaster Services before April.
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Post Office strike to affect Sassa beneficiaries still waiting for grants
Thousands of workers at the Post Office and Telkom have downed tools over wages, demanding a 12% salary increase across the board.
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Sassa to increase speed in processing card swaps at pay points
In a submission to Parliament's Social Development Committee this week, Sassa says card swap teams will be dispatched to all pay points to issue the new cards.
