Post Office close to collapse
Millions of gold SASSA cards are expiring over the next few months and post offices are overflowing with people needing to renew their cards.
Human rights organisation the Black Sash has raised concern about the limited staff to help beneficiaries as well as the...
Postbank glitch leaves grant recipients with even worse Januworry
A Cape Town mother spent hours queuing outside the Post Office in Athlone this week, desperate to collect her child’s unpaid social grant.
“November was the last time I received a SASSA grant for my child,” Angelina Stuurman...
Postbank SASSA gold card has not expired
Postbank says information circulating on social media that its gold card has either been discontinued, expired, or no longer good for transactions is false and misleading the public.
"SASSA beneficiaries using the Postbank issued SASSA gold cards are...
South Africa considering combining ID and driver's licence cards
Ministers in President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet have been tasked to look at implementing an all-in-one identity card system that will combine all citizens' important information — including ID, driving licence, and social...
Postbank "hack" kept secret — R89 million stolen
Post Office subsidiary Postbank was hit by cybercrime fraud resulting in the theft of R89.46 million in social grant funding, allegedly involving its own workers or contractors.
The security breach was uncovered by the amaBunghane Centre for...
Top Google searches in South Africa in 2021 — R350 Sassa grants and Squid Game
Google revealed the results of its 2021 Year in Search on Wednesday, showing what people searched for using its engine during the past year.
South Africans wanted information on R350 per month Sassa grants, football...
Sassa’s R1-billion IT bill
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) currently has contracts for various information and communication technology services worth over R1bn, a parliamentary reply has revealed.
A court ruling confirming the validity of a tender given to Cash Paymaster for issuing social grants was welcomed by the social development ministry on Thursday.
"It has been a long journey through which several cabinet ministers and senior government officials were branded corrupt," minister...
Government calls ABSA's AllPay a "sore loser"
Absa subsidiary AllPay has accused the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) of an irregular tender process wherein the company’s score was “inexplicably” lowered so that its competitor would win the R10-billion contract.