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Millions of SASSA beneficiaries switch to PostBank Black card

By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert The South African Postbank has successfully migrated over one million beneficiaries from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) gold cards to Postbank black cards. Speaking on Ramadan AM, Postbank Chief Commercial Officer Thami Cele confirmed that more than 15% of grant beneficiaries have already made the switch. “We would like to thank all those who have successfully transitioned to Postbank black cards. Currently, 1.3 million […]

today24 March 2025

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Social Development Dept reports significant drop in Sassa grant beneficiaries

LOCAL The number of beneficiaries of the social relief of distress grant has dropped. Nearly 7.5 million people are now receiving the grant which was introduced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Social Development Minister and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) updated the media on the relief and top-up grants for orphans. About 10 million unemployed South Africans benefited from the R350 COVID-19 grant. Following the […]

today11 October 2022

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Frustrating wait for SASSA beneficiaries despite promises of smooth process during lockdown

As pensioners and social grant beneficiaries make their way to pay points across the country, Cape Town grant holders expressed frustration over unfulfilled promises to be prioritized during the lockdown. On Monday, VOC News visited the Post Office in Athlone, where some elderly had been waiting outside since 8am. While some had taken a seat on the concrete slab at the nearby bus stop, others - even the disabled - […]

today30 March 2020

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Sassa says its dealing with system issues, but beneficiaries fed up

By Loushe Jordaan The South African Social Social Security Agency (SASSA) insists it’s doing it everything possible to eliminate any glitches at its offices, but frustrated beneficiaries are at their wits end with the continuous problems at the social grant offices. As an attempt to vent, residents blockaded the entrance to the SASSA offices in Mitchell's Plain over the weekend, preventing officials from going home. This follows complaints by residents […]

today24 July 2018

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Social grant beneficiaries happy after cancelling ‘green’ cards

Some social grant beneficiaries in Ceres who cancelled their “green cards” in June have for the first time in months received their full social grant amount. GroundUp reports that “Green cards” are issued by Net1 subsidiary company EasyPay Everywhere (EPE) to social grant recipients who wish to take out loans using their social grant account. Another Net1 subsidiary company, Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), pays social grants for the Department of […]

today10 July 2017

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SASSA paypoint robbed

Four heavily armed robbers attempted to rob a SASSA paypoint in Bonteheuwel on Thursday morning. They however disarmed the cash in transit guards of two firearms. The paypoint is next to a municipality building housing municipality police who responded immediately upon being informed. No cash was taken from the paypoint and the robbers fled upon noticing that the police were advancing. Operations were suspended for four hours and payment has […]

today2 March 2017

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Sassa warns beneficiaries against scam calls

VOC News has received several calls from listeners expressing concern over possible scam calls from South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) consultants. Over the past few weeks, some senior citizens have reported that they have been contacted by SASSA consultants asking them to renew or verify personal information, such as ID numbers to help SASSA update their system and also to authorize a SASSA food parcel to one grant recipient. […]

today25 November 2016

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