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SASSA beneficiaries have until May 2025 to switch to black cards
SASSA beneficiaries have until May 2025 to switch to black cards! Postbank has announced a critical extension for South African…
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Postbank reports progress on SASSA card migration
Postbank has expressed satisfaction with the ongoing migration of South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) gold card holders to its…
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SASSA announces April 2025 grant payment dates
SASSA announces April 2025 grant payment dates! The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has officially released the payment dates…
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More charges for Sassa officials in R260 million grant fraud case
More charges for Sassa officials in R260 million grant fraud case! The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has escalated charges against…
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3 arrested in SASSA card fraud syndicate bust in Johannesburg
3 arrested in SASSA card fraud syndicate bust in Johannesburg! Three people have been arrested in connection with a South…
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SASSA reports surge in SRD grant applications amid financial struggles
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has reported a significant increase in applications for the Social Relief of Distress…
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Postbank nears one million issued SASSA black cards amid grant payment improvements
The Postbank has made significant strides in transitioning South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) grant beneficiaries from the old gold…
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KZN man who allegedly robbed pensioner of SASSA grant on date gets R1,000 bail
KZN man who allegedly robbed pensioner of SASSA grant on date gets R1,000 bail! A 54-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man, accused of…
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Postbank and SASSA address backlog of grant beneficiary card upgrades
Postbank and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) are working diligently to clear the backlog of approximately 2.4 million…
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Postbank & SASSA urged to step up efforts in assisting grant beneficiaries to update payment cards
Management at the Alberton City Shopping Centre has urged Postbank and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to increase…
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Failure to switch to PostBank black card could result in disruptions in receiving grant money, says SASSA
Failure to switch to PostBank black card could result in disruptions in receiving grant money, says SASSA! South African Social…
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KZN man who allegedly robbed gogo of SASSA grant during first date to remain behind bars
KZN man who allegedly robbed gogo of SASSA grant during first date to remain behind bars! A 54-year-old Chatsworth man…
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SASSA urged to restore verification system after suspension of R370 grants
SASSA urged to restore verification system after suspension of R370 grants! The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development…
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Sassa CEO placed on suspension
Sassa CEO placed on suspension! Busisiwe Memela-Khambula, the CEO of the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), has been placed on…
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SASSA confirms grant payments for November 2024
SASSA confirms grant payments for November 2024! The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has announced the payment schedule for…
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SASSA grant payments for November 2024 confirmed
SASSA grant payments for November 2024 confirmed! The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has officially released the payment dates…
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Sassa & Home Affairs using biometrics to combat fraud as 17 million apply for ‘R370 grant’
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it is now using biometrics technology to verify applicants after seeing a…
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SASSA grant payment dates for October 2024 confirmed
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) reminds social grant beneficiaries of the payment dates for its various grants for…
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Sassa R4 million grant cash robber gets 8 years direct imprisonment
Yamkela Sima Jacobs will serve eight years of direct imprisonment following 13 counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances. The South…
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Sassa clears the air on disability grant assessments
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has reassured those applying for disability grants that doctors and nurses used to…
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Western Cape Social Development MEC vows to keep watchful eye on SASSA
The Western Cape’s Social Development MEC, Jaco Londt, is keeping a close eye on the South African Social Security Agency…
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Survivors of Kenville informal settlement fire unable to access grants as IDs lost in blaze
Fire victims from the Kenville informal settlement in Durban North say they have not been able to access their social…
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Beneficiaries are still battling with SASSA’s new biometric system
Beneficiaries of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant are still battling to complete the identity verification process, leaving…
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KZN SASSA says it is implementing measures to support relief efforts in tornado-hit oThongathi
As relief efforts continue in oThongathi, north of Durban, following Monday’s tornado, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in…
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6 arrested, IDs and Sassa cards found in mashonisa raid
Six people have been arrested for allegedly running an illegal loan scheme in Mpumalanga, stealing their clients’ identity documents (ID)…
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‘The DA won’t take away your grants’ – says MP as Sassa branches inspected
DA shadow minister for social development Bridgette Masango said the party would not cancel social grants if it was elected…
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Pupils in need receive school uniforms from KZN Social Department and Sassa
The KwaZulu-National Department of Social Development, working together with the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), provided school uniforms to…
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Employee exposes colleagues’ alleged plan to scam Sassa
Two South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) employees are due to appear in court after a colleague lifted the lid…
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Public Service Commission: Social grant fraud remains a major concern
The Public Service Commission (PSC) says social grant fraud remains a major concern, as whistleblowers continue to flag the rot…
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Limpopo residents allegedly defrauded R250K from a cash loan business remanded in custody
Eight alleged fraudsters have appeared before the Makhado Magistrate’s Court facing charges of fraud after a cash loan business lost…
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Western Cape Social Development: SASSA beneficiaries decry non-payment of grants in December
The Western Cape Department Social Development said it received complaints from grant beneficiaries over the festive season. Beneficiaries said the…
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Minister reveals SASSA paid R140 million to deceased beneficiaries over past 3 years
In the past three years, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) paid R140 million to deceased beneficiaries. This was…
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SASSA and Postbank phasing out cash grant payments at post offices & pay points
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and Postbank are phasing out the payment of grants in cash at post…
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Sassa confirms new address of Chatsworth offices
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) on Wednesday confirmed that it has secured a new site for its Chatsworth…
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3 state departments get notices to evacuate unsafe office building
Earlier this week, notices were issued to the Department of Health, Department of Home Affairs and the South African Social…
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Postbank: Sassa beneficiaries no longer need to switch banks to get paid grants
Postbank has assured South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) beneficiaries that they no longer needed to change to other banks…
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Western Cape ANC fends off criticism of Minister Zulu over failed Sassa payments
African National Congress (ANC) members in the Western Cape legislature have defended Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu from criticism over…
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SAHRC meets Social Development Dept to avoid another Sassa bungle
The South African Human Rights Commission has met with the Department of Social Development and the South African Social Security…
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Government claims organizations using September grants dilemma to score political points
The national government has accused some organizations of using the latest social grant debacle to score political points. On 5…
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DA calls on Sassa to brief the Western Cape Provincial Parliament on grants saga
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape has called on the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to brief…
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3 killed in latest fire at Langa informal settlement
Three people, including a 12-year-old girl, have died following a shack blaze at the Joe Slovo Park in Langa at…
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2 ex-Sassa officials and 9 others arrested for alleged R200 000 disability grant fraud
Eleven suspects made their first court appearance in Tzaneen Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo on Friday on charges of fraud relating…
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Social Development working around the clock to sort out Sassa non-payment, says Lindiwe Zulu
The Department of Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu, says that her department is working around the clock ensure that grant…
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Government needs to probe Postbank payment system – Black Sash on Sassa payout delays
Human rights organization Black Sash has urged the government to launch an independent investigation into the flaws of Postbank’s payment…
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Sassa reviewing Postbank’s grant payment contract in light of ongoing problems
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) says it’s reviewing its contract with Postbank for the payment of grants in…
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Delay in September Sassa grant payments
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has taken to social media to inform social grant beneficiaries that Postbank is…
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NSFAS working with various entities to verify information submitted by applicants
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) said it was working with various entities to verify information submitted by students…
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Here are the Sassa payment dates for August 2023
It is almost a payday for grant beneficiaries. In a bid to eliminate lengthy queues and the waiting period at…
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SASSA July payment dates revealed
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) pays out various types of social grants to more than 18 million beneficiaries…
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Expired Sassa gold cards valid until December
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has reiterated that beneficiaries with expired gold cards should not panic, as it…
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