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‘We do acknowledge that that suspension in January is probably an inappropriate thing to do. We should probably have given those clients a few extra months to correct their details,’ says Brenton van Vrede, executive manager of grants administration at Sassa.

But SASSA says it is inefficient and unsustainable to transport cash to a “handful of people”.

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Cybercrime, problems verifying bank details, interrupted connections: Parliament heard a litany of reasons on Wednesday why payments of the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant are erratic.

Over seven million people have been approved for R350 grant but only 85% are being paid, meanwhile Postbank still struggling with glitches.

Payments for September were still outstanding, but Sassa hoped to resolve this by the end of October.

Beneficiaries of the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant may face delays with their August payment after new regulations for the grant were implemented.



New Sassa regulations regarding the threshold increase of Social Relief of Distress grants may mean August payments are late.

The SA Social Security Agency has introduced new regulations to administer the government's R350 grant for the unemployed.