SASSA

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) faces scrutiny over its new verification process, clashing with National Treasury’s demands for stricter grant oversight. Learn how these changes impact beneficiaries and what’s at stake.

SASSA payments are made on the second day of every month.

SASSA payments are made on the second day of every month.

Older persons and associated grants are paid first, followed by disability grants and child grants.

SASSA gold cards are authentic and can be used at Postbank, ATMs and merchants.

SASSA is responsible for administering a variety of grants to qualifying citizens.

The SASSA Social Relief Distress Grant was first implemented by the government at the height of Covid-19. Here’s how it works.

Recipients of SASSA grants will receive their payments this week.

SASSA urges all users to make use of the multiple ways available to access their funds.

SASSA said if the second day of the month falls on a weekend or a public holiday, the payment will take place on the following work day.

This after Postbank uncovered criminal networks targeting ATM's to access accounts.

Beneficiaries can still collect their grants at South African Post Office (SAPO) branches.

When they applied for the old-age grant, they failed to declare that they were sole directors of business or that they had contracts worth R140 million.

The payment system challenges have been resolved from Saturday afternoon (5 November 2022).

Postbank will send out a notification when the matter is resolved.

SASSA said the number of people approved for the grant plummeted from 10.9 million in March to just under 4.8 million in April.

The current estimate is R536.7 million was stolen, against a budget of R1.5 trillion since the 2012/13 financial year.

The substantial drop follows a change in the qualification criteria, with applicants having to go through R625 means test threshold to qualify for the grant.

This comes after its customer-care unit in Mpumalanga received complaints from beneficiaries who failed to process the EFT payments.

Even though the fake job post included what appears to be an official Sassa email, the real catch here was a bit.ly link.

The accused pleaded guilty to murder, fraud, theft of bank and SASSA cards, defeating the ends of justice and perjury

R350 SRD grant beneficiaries must confirm after every three months whether they still need the grant

Out of 11.4 million applicants for the month of June, only 5.2 million beneficiaries were approved

SASSA to help R350 grant recipients find jobs