The DA will lodge an urgent complaint at the Human Rights Commission against minister of social development Lindiwe Zulu.
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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.
First National Bank is deploying mobile ATMs in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng hit by recent large-scale looting as a temporary measure while it rebuilds infrastructure destroyed in the riots.
Cash Paymaster Services, which used to pay out social grants on behalf of the South African Social Security Agency, is to go into liquidation.
The website of the South African Social Security Agency, which is responsible for paying social grants, has been down for days following a hacking incident.