The South Africa Post Office alerted SASSA beneficiaries of a "technical difficulty" it had experienced since the early hours of the morning with the social grants payment system.
1 November 2019 | GautengSocial Development MEC alarmed to find shebeen owners are holding grant money surety for drinking on credit.
24 October 2019 | Cape ArgusThe SA Post Office (Sapo) has assured its customers that it has upgraded its security since it took over the payment of social security grants.
15 October 2019 | Cape ArgusSassa Northern Cape has confirmed that numerous social grants in the P=province have been suspended.
6 August 2019 | Northern CapeSocial Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu expressed concerns about the high number of young social grant beneficiaries in Eastern Cape.
2 August 2019 | Eastern CapeFourteen suspects appeared before the East London Magistrate’s Court for contravention of the national credit act, Eastern Cape police said.
4 July 2019 | Eastern CapeSassa warned social grant beneficiaries of scammers as all the services provided by the agency are free.
4 June 2019 | GautengThe Inkatha Freedom Party said it had received confirmation that a new syndicate was targeting recipients of social grants meant for poor South Africans.
30 April 2019 | IFPHuman rights movement Black Sash said it was gravely concerned by the number of state grant recipients not in possession of the new Sassa gold cards.
17 April 2019 | Cape ArgusPost Office spokesperson Martie Gilchrist said their security measures have been improved since they embarked on the Sassa project.
2 April 2019 | Cape TimesElderly social grant beneficiaries from Soweto have complained that their Sassa money is being stolen straight from their accounts.
28 March 2019 | The StarFinance Minister Tito Mboweni announces the allocation of R567 billion for social grant payments in the 2019 Budget Speech.
20 February 2019 | BudgetWilliston police have arrested three suspects who were found in possession of 17 Sassa cards, four Standard Bank cards, and one Post Bank card.
29 December 2018 | Crime and CourtsThe North Gauteng High Court has dismissed Moneyline’s application to compel Social Development Minister Susan Shabangu to replace Sassa’s acting CEO.
22 December 2018 | PoliticsAn urgent call has been made to SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) grant beneficiaries to obtain the new gold Sassa card before December 15, or they won’t be paid out in January.
30 November 2018 | Cape ArgusThe South African Post Office (Sapo) on Friday advised Sassa beneficiaries to swipe their new gold Sassa cards for items they want to buy at shops.
23 November 2018 | South Africa
