Systems are being improved to solve the problem
News | 20 March 2025
Postbank says it’s issuing over 30,000 per day to get as many people swapped before the 20 March deadline
News | 18 March 2025
About 1.4-million people still need to replace their SASSA cards before the deadline on Thursday
News | 14 March 2025
Agency plans to improve rented office space
Brief | 13 March 2025
We spent time with 31-year-old Khanyo Mantshi from Khayelitsha who says his grant falls short of his needs
News | 10 March 2025
Postbank acknowledges that completing the card transition before 20 March deadline is unlikely
By Joseph Bracken and Marecia Damons
News | 6 March 2025
Postbank admits that completing the process on time is “impossible”
News | 4 March 2025
Unclear why same investigators, with unclear qualifications for the job, have presented more or less the same obvious findings to Parliament a second time
By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen
News | 26 February 2025
“If I don’t change my card there will be no income in my house,” says 84-year-old KZN pensioner
News | 14 February 2025
A community worker says she sleeps outside the office to secure spaces for elderly or disabled people
News | 10 February 2025
Grant recipients and applicants must sleep over or arrive in the early hours if they hope to get served
Brief | 5 February 2025
Government ordered to “progressively increase” the grant and income threshold, and allow in-person applications
News | 24 January 2025
Monday was the first day for disability grant applicants to make medical bookings
News | 21 January 2025
Portfolio committee chair Bridget Masango says officials found guilty of fraud or misconduct must be brought to book
News | 16 January 2025
“These negative reports have led to an unfortunate conclusion that SASSA has completely failed in its responsibility” SASSA’s Sibusiso Nhlangothi tells the Western Cape provincial legislature
News | 3 December 2024
SASSA investigation into SRD grant application system fails to answer crucial questions
Analysis | 27 November 2024