By Ragheema Mclean During the 2024 Budget Speech, Minister of Finance Mr. Enoch Godongwana announced an increase in the value of all government social grants in South Africa, effective today, April 1, 2024. Older Persons, Disability, War Veterans, and Care Dependency Grants will see a total increase of R100. However,[…]
By Ragheema Mclean Human rights organization Black Sash has called on the government to adjust social grants to ensure that basic needs of its recipients are met. This comes after, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced a R20 increase in the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant from R350 to R370.[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert The Voice of the Cape (VOC) Radio was abuzz on Tuesday as people flocked to the station to take full advantage of its first free community services day. Listeners had the opportunity to personally engage with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), the Western Cape[…]
By Ragheema Mclean In a world where the hustle and bustle of daily life often overshadow the needs of our communities, the Voice of the Cape radio is thrilled to announce a Community Services Day. The event will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at 2 Queens Park Avenue[…]
By Ragheema Mclean The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is facing a crisis as it is alleged that around 150,000 beneficiaries have been affected by recent payment delays. These payment delays meant that thousands of financially vulnerable people did not receive any financial support for the first month of the year. Sassa[…]
Human rights organisation Black Sash said it expects an even more difficult January for social grant beneficiaries as the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has skipped out on payments, again. It’s understood that 150,000 social grant beneficiaries did not receive their SASSA grant payments in January. The agency has[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert With many people recovering from the holiday festivities, thousands of South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries were left penniless as their social grants did not reflect for the month of January. Speaking on VOC Breakfast on Thursday, SASSA spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi confirmed that SASSA is[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Gilbert Following a mutual decision from both the South African Social Services (Sassa) and the South African Postbank, grant recipients will no longer be able to withdraw their monthly grants from Post Offices. From the start of January 2024, the phasing-out process will be implemented. It is[…]
By Ragheema Mclean The South African Postbank has assured all South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) grant beneficiaries that their gold cards will continue to work and not expire in December. While thousands of gold cards will expire and have already expired, they will still be fully operational in 2024. Speaking on[…]
By Lee-Yandra Paulsen In a recent announcement, Postbank sought to quell concerns regarding the expiration of SASSA Gold cards for social grant beneficiaries. Contrary to previous expectations, SASSA Gold cardholders can now breathe a sigh of relief as their cards are set to remain functional beyond December 2023. The spokesperson[…]
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