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Discover how South Africans can easily check their R370 Social Relief Grant payment dates online through SASSA's user-friendly platform, ensuring timely access to vital financial support.
SASSA has announced that beneficiaries of the R370 SRD grant can now switch their payment method to Tyme Bank by visiting a nearby kiosk to open an account, then submitting updated banking details at a SASSA office.
SASSA has made it easier for R370 Social Relief of Distress grant beneficiaries to check their payment dates online.
Sassa urges gold card beneficiaries to apply for alternative banking options following Postbank black card suspension.
Eastern Cape Sassa regional manager Bandile Maqetuka has been reinstated after challenging his dismissal at the CCMA
Seven SASSA officials among 11 suspects facing more than 1 300 criminal charges in a R260 million fraud scheme claim innocence at their bail hearing in Lenasia Magistrate's Court. One suspect pleads for bail to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Beneficiaries of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) can now breathe easier as the deadline to replace their gold cards has been extended to May.
SASSA beneficiaries are granted a two-month extension to swap their gold cards for Postbank's black cards, but the deadline looms. Act now to secure your grants before May 2025
Postbank announces final extension for SASSA gold card holders until May 31, 2025, warning that beneficiaries who don't switch to the new black cards by this deadline will face challenges accessing their grants despite funds being deposited.
Social grant recipients must transition to new Postbank cards to avoid disruptions in accessing funds, as SASSA gold cards will no longer be accepted after the March 20 deadline.
SASSA officials arrested for a R260 million fraud scheme, thanks to whistleblowers. The ongoing investigation highlights the critical role of whistleblowing in combating corruption.
SASSA and Postbank launch home visit initiative to help bedridden beneficiaries switch from Gold to Black Cards before March 20 deadline. Medical verification required for eligibility
Grant beneficiaries are urged to switch to the new Postbank black cards before the March 20 deadline, as SASSA gold cards will cease to function.
The officials made their first appearance in the Lenasia Magistrate's Court where they had their charges escalated to over 1,300 counts of cybercrime, fraud, and theft.
Three SASSA officials arrested in Joburg CBD for alleged involvement in a R260 million fraud scheme, highlighting serious corruption within the agency.
Workers in Postbank's Card Replacement Project voice their frustrations over unpaid wages, revealing a crisis that affects thousands of SASSA beneficiaries struggling to upgrade their cards
Sarathamoney Devi Sigamoney served as a director of a company that won lucrative state contracts
Sarathamoney Devi Sigamoney received a 10-year prison sentence for fraudulently obtaining SASSA pension payouts while managing a successful company.
Four Mpumalanga women who created fictional children to fraudulently claim over R61,000 in Sassa child support grants have received suspended sentences.
Rural pensioners surviving on R2,190 monthly grants warn that Treasury's proposed 2% VAT increase would devastate their already stretched budgets, forcing impossible choices between food, medicine and transport.
IOL went to the streets of Johannesburg to hear first-hand accounts from people on their financial struggles that an increase in VAT would have on their lives.
Treasury documents released on Wednesday showed that a 2% VAT increase would have injected R58 billion into the fiscal, which Godongwana said would have been used to fund the immediate projects including the revitalisation of the public railway system for the benefit of the poor and working class, hiring and retaining teachers, doctors, front line workers and other public servants, while also capacitating the government’s early childhood development programmes
MPs lamented that extending the deadline of the Sassa card transition without an improved rollout plan would prolong beneficiaries' frustration and panic.
Postbank and Sassa have been accused of failing to ensure a smooth transition, forcing beneficiaries to endure long queues, network glitches and being turned away without completing their card replacements, and uncertainty about how they will receive their grants going forward.
Concerns grow as one-month extension for Postbank black card migration proves inadequate