SASSA recipients protest closure of cash payment points
Elderly SASSA grant recipients want reversal of decision to close physical cash payment points.
Postbank assures Sassa grant recipients despite card expiry
Postbank reassures Sassa grant beneficiaries they will receive their grants despite card expiration
Minister Zulu explains social grant delay for verification
Delay in payment of social grants to some recipients- is due to necessary verification
70,000 SASSA beneficiaries not paid due to fraud concerns
Sassa has revealed that over 70,000 beneficiaries did not receive their social grants last week.
Concern over closure of Postbank’s cash payment points
Recipients would no longer use the South African Post Office to withdraw grant monies.
SASSA gold cards not expiring, grant payments assured: Postbank
Postbank says SASSA gold cards will not expire at the end of December and payments will continue.
Sassa local office in Chatsworth shut down until further notice
The Sassa local office in Chatsworth, Durban, has been declared unsafe for occupation.
Usage free basic services declines as poverty rises, report shows
Report reveals that people who are entitled to free basic services are declining, as poverty rises
Community of Lamontville sign petition to stop closure of local Post Office
The community of Lamontville Township, south of Durban has rejected the proposed closure of the Post
DA to lodge complaint against govt over grant payments failure
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will today lodge a complaint against government for failure to
Gungubele and former Postbank board must be held accountable: ACDP
The African Christian Democratic Party has called for accountability for what is happening at the
Postbank says technical error that affected some SASSA beneficiaries resolved
The Postbank says the technical error that affected some South African Social Security Agency
SASSA appoints debt collection agencies to recover R544 million in KZN
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in KwaZulu-Natal has announced the appointment of
Social Development Department says the Social Relief Distress grant should be made permanent
The Social Development Department says the expert panel’s report which it has released will soon be
Postbank’s ATMs shutdown, SASSA recipients urged to use alternatives
The Postbank has urged grant recipients to use retail stores to withdraw their social grants.
Northern Cape man arrested after found in possession of Sassa cards
Police have arrested a 40-year-old man in De Aar in the Northern Cape who is accused of contravening
‘There’s been under-expenditure of close to R2 billion on Social Relief of Distress grant’
Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu says there’s been under-expenditure of close to R2 billion
Three suspects arrested in Knysna for allegedly defrauding SASSA to appear in court
Three suspects have been arrested in Knysna, in the Western Cape, for allegedly defrauding the South
Criminal cases opened against Sassa fraudsters
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has confirmed that criminal cases have been opened
Government’s proposals to replace SRD grants slammed
Civil society organisation, Pay The Grants has slammed government’s proposals to replace the Social