Postbank, SASSA urged to step up efforts in assisting grant beneficiaries to update payment cards

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Postbank, SASSA urged to step up efforts in assisting grant beneficiaries to update payment cards
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This comes as the Alberton City Shopping Centre has been overwhelmed with grant recipients desperate to update their cards and beat the deadline.

JOHANNESBURG - Management at the Alberton City Shopping Centre is calling on Postbank and SASSA to step up efforts to assist beneficiaries update their grant payment cards.

Centre management said that while it had tried to assist beneficiaries swiftly, the situation remains challenging without the necessary manpower from Postbank.The new payment system has been in effect since October last year, however, most beneficiaries are frantically trying to comply at the last hour.

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