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The never-ending cycle of problems for Sassa beneficiaries
A new study has found that the decommissioning of Sassa’s pay point has had a negative impact on social grant recipients. The Black Sash and Sassa weigh in.
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Cost of accessing social grants has increased - study
The research, conducted by the Black Sash and the University of the Western Cape (UWC), established that the cost of accessing grants had increased for all beneficiaries.
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Post Office: R14m lost through Sassa card fraud since January
It said the contactless function on the cards, which were issued by the South African Social Security Agency, was abused by people who withdrew more than the limit of R200.
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Social grants second-most important source of income in SA – Stats SA
Over 17 million South Africans rely on social welfare grants from the state.
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Grant for pensioners to increase to at least R1,780 monthly
The foster care grant goes up to R1,000 a month while the child support grant will increase to R420 in April, and further to R430 by October.
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#Budget2019 What can grant beneficiaries expect?
Social grant beneficiaries can look forward to an increase in their payouts thanks to the 2019 Budget allocation from Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.
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Sassa reveals spike in robberies at pay points since switch to Post Office
Sassa has told Parliament’s social development committee on Thursday that making payments to the country’s 10 million beneficiaries this month, has not been without teething problems.
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Sassa 'respects & abides' by ConCourt ruling on social grants matter
Justice Johan Froneman said the findings made at the Ngoepe Commission of Inquiry into the invalid contract between the agency and Cash Paymaster Services must be sent to the NPA to consider whether Dlamini should face perjury charges.
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[ANALYSIS] Here’s why ex-offenders in SA should get a resettlement grant
Politicians' kneejerk dismissal of an idea that could help rehabilitate ex-offenders is unhelpful.
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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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Sassa & CPS grants contract may be extended beyond September
A panel overseeing the institutionalisation of social grant payments says it's particularly concerned over cash payments as Sassa is closing thousands of pay points.
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Shabangu: CPS will not pay social grants beyond end of September
Social Development Minister Susan Shabangu has indicated govt is unlikely to ask the Constitutional Court for a further extension of the contract it ruled was unlawful and invalid.
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'Legal action being taken against CPS employees sabotaging migration process'
Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says legal action has been taken against people who interfered with swapping of old cards for new ones & those interrupting Sassa staff in carrying out their duties.
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Govt accuses CPS of sabotaging social grants migration process
The court has given South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) until the end of September to end its contract with CPS.
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[LISTEN] Post Office transfers grant beneficiaries to new card
Talk Radio 702’s Bongani Bingwa spoke to Sapo CEO Mark Barnes about the process of ensuring that grant beneficiaries migrate to its platforms.
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Sassa wants to phase out cash grant payments over security concerns
The grants agency has already started slashing its pay points and wants to transfer thousands of beneficiaries to other payment methods like commercial banks and the Post Office.
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CPS says it's not being paid to pay social grants in cash
The company says it's going concern status is under threat, because it's not being paid for its service to pay social grants in cash.
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Sassa working to minimise cash pay points
It says that it has identified over 2,000 pay points that it can do away with and where the Post Office can takeover.
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Sassa: Everything on track to pay social grants this weekend
Sassa says it will have staff available at pay points and at its call centres on Monday and Tuesday to ensure there are no hitches as it takes over the grant payment system.
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Sassa: There will be no hiccups to grant payments
Sassa says around 3 million grant beneficiaries receive cash at pay points administered by CPS. But government said it had cut the number from 2.8 million cash recipients to less than 800 000.
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Dlamini described as ‘obstructive & evasive’ witness in Sassa inquiry
The South African Social Security Agency inquiry - which is investigating Bathabile Dlamini's role in the social grants crisis - is hearing closing arguments in Midrand.
