Funds will now be released to beneficiaries’ accounts and can even be accessed from 5 May going forward.
Following a glitch that saw some beneficiaries struggle to access their grants on Monday, the South African Social Services Agency announced that it has identified and resolved the issue.
This comes as the South African Post Office unveiled their first cashless ATM which was launched on Monday in an effort to pay social grants within the premises of Kagiso Trading, GG Location, in Rustenburg. “In addition to accessing social grants, customers will be able to use the cashless ATMs to purchase pre-paid electricity and pre-paid airtime, pay municipality bills as well as other bills,” reports theOther transactions that can be performed on the ATMs include insurance activations and payments, money transfer, ticketing, transport solutions and balance inquiries.
Upon reaching any spaza shop, township and rural areas’ merchant, where a cashless ATM is installed, a Sassa social grant beneficiary will:
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