Thousands of SASSA grants to be withheld this week
About 20,000 social grant beneficiaries will not receive their payments this week due to a new verification drive by... Read more
6 May
New biometric testing for SASSA beneficiaries without IDs
SASSA is introducing mandatory biometrics for social grant beneficaries without an ID or a passport from next month to... Read more
24 Apr
Three SASSA officials arrested for fraud following police raid
Cape Town — Three South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) adminstrators were arrested on Friday morning following a raid... Read more
14 Mar
Postbank assures SASSA recipients they can still exchange their cards after deadline
Cape Town — Postbank has assured all social grant beneficiaries that it would still exchange the SASSA Gold Cards... Read more
1 Mar
Serious flaws in SASSA system, MPs are told – again
An investigation into SASSA’s Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant system has revealed significant security flaws which leave the... Read more
27 Feb
Minister Tolashe concerned over Postbank’s slow pace in making SASSA card switch
Cape Town — Despite the extension for beneficiaries to switch from the SASSA Gold Card to the Postbank Black... Read more
26 Feb
Chaotic switch to Black Card: What Postbank says it’s doing to fix the problems
Postbank is trying to switch millions of social grant beneficiaries to a new card. But the speed of the... Read more
19 Feb
‘Gold-to-black card deadline not enough’ – DA blames SASSA for poor planning
Cape Town — The Democratic Alliance (DA) has said the extension of the deadline for SASSA beneficiaries to move... Read more
15 Feb
Deadline to replace SASSA Gold Cards extended to 20 March
The deadline to replace the SASSA/Postbank Gold Card has just been extended to 20 March. Archive photo supplied by... Read more
14 Feb
Pensioners queue for hours to replace expiring SASSA cards
There were long queues outside SASSA service points across Nquthu, KwaZulu-Natal, as hundreds of beneficiaries rushed to replace their... Read more
14 Feb
