The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has deployed 143 contract workers across Gauteng local offices this week to relieve pressure on service centres facing higher...
Many pensioners say they did not receive Older Persons Grant payments for three consecutive months and that SASSA did not warn them before payments stopped. According...
According to The South African, a Western Cape pensioner who has received the Older Persons Grant for more than five years says the monthly payment no...
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has reminded social grant recipients identified for reviews that they will be paid on a newly introduced fourth payment...
According to The South African, a recent parliamentary revelation shows that an unused R4.8 billion returned by the Department of Social Development to National Treasury could,...
Social grant beneficiaries still using Sassa gold cards have been urged to replace them with Postbank black cards before the cards are phased out, after Postbank...
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has warned that officials who manipulated the agency’s biometric verification system to approve fraudulent social grant applications will face...
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has warned that officials who bypass its biometric verification system to process and approve social grant applications will be...
Many South Africans receiving SASSA pension grants say 2026 has been particularly hard. According to The South African, the year saw a minimal grant increase of...
The Department of Social Development (DSD) expects National Treasury to decide in July 2026 whether it will support a proposed Basic Income Support Grant (BIS) that...