Social grants blunder: Technical glitch, under-pressure staff to blame for double paying some beneficiaries and non-payment of 450 000 pensioners
The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has blamed Monday's glitches with regard to grant payments to the elderly and the disabled on being short-staffed during the processing stages. The agency made accidental double payments in some areas and no payments in others, apparently due to glitches in its system as it tried to process payments earlier to avoid overcrowding, News24 reported. Sassa spokesperson Kgomoco Diseko told News24 that the grant […]
