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EPISODE · Sep 21, 2023 · 2 MIN

#PODCAST SASSA glitch leaves some recipients still waiting for payments

from Newsbreak · host SABC News and Current Affairs

By Newsbreak producer, Tashlan Naidoo - Almost three weeks after payments were due and some social grants recipients are yet to receive their monies. This is according to Member of the Social Development Portfolio Committee in the KZN Legislature, Les Govender. He was commenting ahead of Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu and the Communications Minister, Mondli Gungubele's update on progress made in the payment of SASSA grants. The respective ministers will host a briefing at 1pm this afternoon. The payment glitch by Postbank resulted in almost 600-thousand people not receiving grants on time. Govender is calling on the ministers to make sure such an issue does not occur again as peoples lives depend on these grants....

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