SASSA beneficiaries update

New Deadline for SASSA Gold Card – Key Details for Grant Recipients

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SASSA Gold Card Deadline Extended: In a major breakthrough, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has extended the expiry deadline for beneficiaries to swap their soon-to-be-expired SASSA Gold Cards. The new expiry date is now 20 March 2025, giving beneficiaries more time to switch over to the new black Postbank cards. This extension is intended to resolve challenges and issues encountered by most in the first phase of the replacement of cards. This article offers a step-by-step guide on …

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SASSA R2,190 Grant for Care Dependency March 2025 – Payment Details & Status

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SASSA R2190 Care Dependency Grant March 2025: Caring for a child with a severe disability is a pertinent financial and enterprise burden to parents or primary caregivers. In view of this challenge, the South African Social Studies Agency (SASSA) provides the Care Dependency Grant (CDG) to support caregivers in covering these costs. It gives money to parents, foster parents (foster parents) or main caregivers who are looking after children aged below 18 who need extra care because of a physical …

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SASSA Gold Cards Expire Soon – Learn How to Upgrade to a Postbank Black Card

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How to replace SASSA Gold Cards: If you are getting your grants via SASSA Gold Card, then this news is quite important to you! From March 28 onwards, your SASSA Gold Card will be inactive, and this might lead to trouble for you in getting payments. Do not worry, though! You can conveniently change your SASSA Gold Card to a Postbank Black Card and get your grants as usual. In this article, we will inform you in detail that why …

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SASSA Gold Cards Expiring – Switch to Postbank Black Cards Before March 20!

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South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) gold card beneficiaries have to switch to Postbank black cards by March 20 since gold cards will be shut down, with black cards being the only option for beneficiaries to withdraw their money. Appearing on NewsBeat on Thursday, Postbank CEO Nikki Mbengashe gave an update on the process of migration. We reached one million last Friday, so more than one million people have now transitioned to the new black cards. That is out of …

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SASSA Urges 1.9 Million Beneficiaries to Replace Gold Cards Before Deadline

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Postbank has recognized that a full shift from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Gold Card to Postbank’s Black Card before the rapidly approaching 20 March deadline is not feasible. At the last count in the final days of February, 1.9-million beneficiaries still had to make the transition, but Postbank indicated that it has no plans to extend the deadline. On Tuesday, officials from Postbank and SASSA briefed the Western Cape legislature’s standing committee on social development on developments …

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SASSA R700 Grant Payment 2025: Essential Facts You Must Know

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The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has financially assisted the most vulnerable people of the country. Social grants have been a source of sustenance for millions of South Africans to sustain their basic requirements, such as food, health, and education. The agency works in accordance with rigid rules to prevent leakages and promote fairness and transparency in disbursing the funds. Over the past few months, false information about a so-called “SASSA R700 Grant” has quickly circulated on social media …

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