Hundreds of thousands of grant recipients will be affected by the decision, with warnings about the impact on the rural poor.
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Post Office branches in KwaZulu-Natal anticipate not having sufficient cash on hand due to delivery delays.
All outstanding Sassa grant payments to recipients that were impacted by the recent system failure have been made.
The DA will lodge an urgent complaint at the Human Rights Commission against minister of social development Lindiwe Zulu.
More than 600 000 beneficiaries were affected by the recent system failure at Postbank, cabinet ministers have confirmed.
Communications minister Mondli Gungubele apologised profusely for a technical “glitch” in Sassa grant payments.
Postbank acknowledged that a system “glitch” had prevented many social grant recipients from accessing their January 2023 payments.
Most of the money stolen came from the Sassa beneficiary grant payment system, CEO Lucas Ndala said.
The Post Office will no longer pay beneficiaries of the social relief of distress R350 grant at its branches, blaming long queues for the decision.
The constitutional court has ruled that there’s no reason for Cash Paymaster Services to delay providing documents on its expenses and income from its social grants contract.