Sassa calls on social grant beneficiaries to swop their cards
Swop your card at your nearest post office or Sassa office
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) invites social grant beneficiaries to change their existing old cards into the new Sassa gold cards.
The existing Sassa card will no longer be valid after September 30 2018, said Sassa spokesman Senzeni Ngubeni in a statement, adding that this did not apply to those who received their social grants through their private bank accounts.
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According to the statement, beneficiaries who are unable to manage a Pin enabled card, are encouraged to appoint procurators (receiving money/payment on behalf of a beneficiary) to assist them with transacting in the electronic environment. The appointment of procurators can be done at any Sassa local office.
Cards can be exchanged at any Sassa offices or at the South African Post Office.
Sassa will also communicate other areas where beneficiaries can change their existing cards. Beneficiaries are must produce their identity book or crad and their old Sassa cared in order for the swop to take place.
Beneficiaries have a choice of receiving their grants through the South African Post Office, their personal bank accounts, at various merchants (supermarkets or retailers) and ATMs.
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