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

Sassa beneficiaries

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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    405 days ago
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  • FILE: Senior citizens queuing for their monthly social grants at the South African Post Office at the Gold Sport shopping centre in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni on 4 May 2020. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    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.

    497 days ago
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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.

    1152 days ago
  • Picture: @OfficialSASSA/Twitter.

    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.

    1212 days ago
  • A Sassa card. Picture: OfficialSASSA/Twitter

    Sassa warns of card-selling scam

    The agency has come across an individual who's advertising his nefarious activities online.

    1228 days ago
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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.

    1257 days ago
  • Old and new Sassa cards. Picture: OfficialSASSA/Twitter.

    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.

    1259 days ago
  • Picture: OfficialSASSA/Twitter.

    Sassa beneficiaries to receive December grants early

    Sassa says this is to allow the elderly time to do their shopping before the Christmas rush.

    1277 days ago
  • FILE: Former minister of women in the Presidency Bathabile Dlamini at an ANC campaign in Katlehong. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    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.

    1279 days ago
  • Old and new Sassa cards. Picture: OfficialSASSA/Twitter.

    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.

    1291 days ago
  • FILE: A South African Social Security Agency office in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    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.

    1307 days ago
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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.

    1339 days ago
  • FILE: Social Development Minister Susan Shabangu. Picture: GCIS

    '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).

    1363 days ago
  • A South African Social Security Agency office in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    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.

    1367 days ago
  • New Sassa cards. Picture: OfficialSASSA/Twitter

    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.

    1416 days ago
  • FILE: Pensioners queue outside of a supermarket in Mitchells Plain on the 1st of the month to collect their Sassa grants. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    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.

    1422 days ago
  • South African Social Security Agency in Pretoria. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    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.

    1422 days ago
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