South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will pay grants for June from Friday, starting with the old age grant. People receiving disability and children’s grants would have to wait until next week. Sassa confirmed the following dates for June payments; June 2 - old age grants June 5 - disability grants June 6 - children grants While many of the people receiving grants get stuck in long queues to withdraw the money, […]
Millions of South Africans will receive their old age, disability, social relief of distress (SRD) and other grants this week. The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) confirmed the dates on which recipients will receive their grants in August, reminding people “there is no need to rush to withdraw cash on the first day”. “Once the money is in the account, it will remain there until it is needed,” it said. […]
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 […]
The South African Social Services Agency (SASSA) this week addressed Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Social Development outlining options available for their payment process. While the agency has in recent years received much criticism for its choice of Net 1 Cash Paymaster Services to process grant payments to beneficiaries, it confirmed that it has requested that its contract with the company be extended for another year. In a bold move, SASSA […]
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. […]
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has announced that early payment for all social grant beneficiaries. The agency says grants payments for December will commence on 28 of November and will end on the 15th of December 2016. SASSA also announced that funds will become available for collection at ATMs and other payment channels from 28 November 2016. Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini wishes to caution all social grant beneficiaries […]
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