Sassa
SASSA battling to find a permanent office in Khayelitsha
Agency plans to improve rented office space
Brief | 13 March 2025
Here’s how a disabled person spent their grant
We spent time with 31-year-old Khanyo Mantshi from Khayelitsha who says his grant falls short of his needs
News | 10 March 2025
Slow systems delay switch to new social grant card
Postbank acknowledges that completing the card transition before 20 March deadline is unlikely
By Joseph Bracken and Marecia Damons
News | 6 March 2025
About 1.9-million people still need to swap gold cards as SASSA deadline looms
Postbank admits that completing the process on time is “impossible”
News | 4 March 2025
Serious flaws in SASSA system, MPs are told - again
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
Pensioners queue for hours to replace expiring SASSA cards
“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
This SASSA office opens earlier to deal with “high influx” of clients
A community worker says she sleeps outside the office to secure spaces for elderly or disabled people
News | 10 February 2025
No end to long queues at SASSA Khayelitsha
Grant recipients and applicants must sleep over or arrive in the early hours if they hope to get served
Brief | 5 February 2025
Explosive court ruling on SRD grant
Government ordered to “progressively increase” the grant and income threshold, and allow in-person applications
News | 24 January 2025