THE SA Post Office has paid a record number of 7 829 502 SASSA grants through the new gold Sassa card and reminds grants recipients that are still using the old card that these cards will expire on 30 December.
According to SASSA, there are approximately 600 000 SASSA beneficiaries nationally who have not yet switched to the new gold SASSA card.
SASSA will not deposit any payments for January through the old ‘white’ SASSA card and recipients are urged to obtain the new gold card in order to receive their January social grants payments.
Getting the new gold SASSA card is simple. Visit any Post Office branch, present an identity document and you will be issued with the new card within minutes.
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The new SASSA card can also be obtained from SASSA offices nationwide. Special arrangements are made for immobile beneficiaries who cannot visit a post office. These beneficiaries, or their relatives, should call the SASSA toll-free number 0800 60 10 11 to arrange for a home visit.
The SA Post Office also caters for beneficiaries who are not comfortable using a pin. These beneficiaries can present their ID document to make a withdrawal inside the Post Office branch using biometric authentication instead of a pin to withdraw funds.
The partnership between SAPO and SASSA has freed millions of social grants beneficiaries from unauthorised and unwanted deductions, as the new gold SASSA card does not allow any illegal deductions.
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