The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has made the decision to close some of its cash pay points due to a decrease in the number of people using the service. The South African Post Office (SAPO) has been distributing social grants on behalf of SASSA electronically since April last[…]
The South African Post Office will handle core functions of a new social grants system, while commercial banks will play an increased, direct role for more than 2 million beneficiaries. The inter-ministerial committee on social security, headed by Minister Jeff Radebe, announced on Sunday that a “landmark” deal had been[…]
The South African Post Office has finally been given first rights to provide core functions and services in a new hybrid social grant scheme system, Parliament has heard. The Post Office and the South African Social Security Agency have been locked in a months-long deadlock over the details of a[…]
The South Africa Post Office has conceded that it will be difficult for it to meet its deadline if it does not reach an agreement with social security agency SASSA soon. The two parties have not been able to agree on allowing the Post Office to take over payments of[…]
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says the SA Post Office is not ready to take over the grants payment system. Dlamini was addressing the media at Regent Hotel in East London on Monday. She said the Post Office needed an integrated payment system, banking services, card production and the provision[…]
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has given an offer to the South African Post Office (SAPO) to take over the payment of social grants. The offer follows talks between the two entities in what has been described as a “closed procurement process”, the department of social development announced[…]
South African Post Office (SAPO) officials flew to Parliament only to be told they couldn’t make a presentation, after the South African Social Security Agency’s (Sassa’s) self-imposed timelines were moved back two weeks. Both Sassa and the SAPO appeared before the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Tuesday evening[…]
The South African Social Security Agency says a good presentation recently made by the South African Post Office has moved them a step closer to assist with the social grants scheme. Sassa project lead Zodwa Mvulane and CEO Thokozani Magwaza told MPs on Wednesday that talks with the Post Office[…]
Thousands of workers at the cash-strapped South African Post Office (SAPO) will embark on a two-day strike on Thursday and Friday over unresolved labour matters and salary demands. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) – a Cosatu affiliate – said they are demanding a 15-percent salary increase and the[…]
The body of an abandoned baby boy was found behind a post office in Retreat, Western Cape police said on Tuesday. A man walked into the Steenberg police station on Monday morning to report that a child had been abandoned in 7th Avenue, according to police spokesperson Captain FC van[…]
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