SASSA pay points will not be fully phased out
SASSA said beneficiaries do not have to re-register their grants as the SMS claims.
THE South African Social Service Agency (SASSA) has warned its beneficiaries of a fake SMS doing the rounds. According to the agency, the SMS instructs beneficiaries to re-register their social grants, claiming that cash pay points will be fully phased out by August this year.
In a statement SASSA said: “Beneficiaries are urged to ignore this message. Beneficiaries do not have to re-register their grants; however they are requested to swap their old SASSA cards for the new SASSA card by end of September 2018. This can be done at local SASSA offices, paypoints or selected Post Offices.”
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SASSA also added that even though cash paypoints will be gradually reduced, they will not be fully phased out as alleged in the SMS.
“Where a paypoint is within a 5km radius of a Post Office, the Post Office will take over payments for that paypoint. Beneficiaries can also choose the method of payment they are comfortable with. They can opt for their social grant to be deposited directly into their personal bank account (including PostBank) or they can use their SASSA cards to withdraw at ATMS and merchants (e.g Pick n Pay, Shoprite etc),” added SASSA.
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