Sassa
Long queues at SASSA in Khayelitsha
Earlier this week residents picketed, demanding that a new office be built and for staff to be trained
News | 14 February 2024
Disability grant applicants sleep outside this SASSA office
SASSA admitted that there had been “technical challenges with the online system” but that these had since been resolved
News | 27 October 2023
“System glitch” stalls social grant payments to pensioners
Postbank says problem has mostly been resolved
By Qaqamba Falithenjwa and Ella Morrison
News | 6 September 2023
R350 grant: SASSA in court over “unfair” exclusions
Agency accused of turning down too many applicants
By Liezl Human
News | 5 September 2023
Grant recipients unable to renew their cards as expiry date looms
Social grant beneficiaries are worried they won’t be paid in two weeks
By Chris Gilili and Vincent Lali
News | 24 April 2023
“Post office is crumbling under the pressure” says social grant activist
This comes as millions of gold SASSA cards will be expiring soon
By Liezl Human
News | 6 April 2023
SASSA owes millions in outstanding municipal bills
One of the offices in Durban owed over R6-million in rent
By Liezl Human
Brief | 17 January 2023
Long queues and constant system failures at SASSA Soshanguve office
SASSA blames staff shortages and loadshedding
Brief | 16 January 2023
SASSA beneficiaries left stranded on Friday morning
They were told staff were having a party. GroundUp was told the same thing but the Western Cape SASSA spokesperson has denied this
By Liezl Human
Brief | 13 December 2022