Sassa To Soon Avail More Places To Collect Grant Payments

Sassa announced that it plans on expanding the number of payment points where beneficiaries can collect their grant payments. Beneficiaries should be able to access grant payments easily and safely with the help of the Agency. In addition to introducing more payment channels for its beneficiaries, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) is looking into integrating spaza shops. 

Sassa To Soon Avail More Places To Collect Grant Payments

According to Sassa, they were working with two spaza shop groups, and they had to meet certain requirements to ensure that they had legal South Africans who could take part in the spaza shop initiative so that compliance with the financial system requirements would not be a problem. 

According to the Agency, the main goal of partnering with spaza shops is to make it easier for recipients of social grants to receive payments locally.

In order to reduce costs for both Postbank and Sassa, Sassa beneficiaries have been encouraged to use their Sassa cards for purchases. Additionally, beneficiaries carrying large amounts of cash are less likely to be robbed when using the Sassa card. 

Alternative payment channels, such as retailers, bank ATMs, and mobile cash pay points, are available in areas without Post Offices. 

Beneficiaries can use the following pay points on the day their grants are available: 

• ATMs
• Pick n Pay 
• Shoprite
• U-Save
• Checkers
• Boxer

At pay points, they can withdraw cash or buy essentials with their Sassa cards. Assa reminded beneficiaries that the grant will remain on their card until they decide to use it, so they do not need to withdraw it on the day it becomes available.