NATIONAL NEWS - The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has been made aware that social grant beneficiaries are being deceived to take a certain bank card.
The fraudsters spread wrong information claiming that the SASSA card will not have money, beginning the month of August.
SASSA assures all social grant beneficiaries that the glitches experienced in the beginning of July have been resolved. Their grant money will be on the new gold card as from 1 August.
Beneficiaries are warned not to listen to people who are giving them wrong information regarding the new SASSA card.
Beneficiaries are urged to enquire at their nearest SASSA office and at existing paypoints or nearby Post Offices.
The new SASSA card swap is only issued at paypoints, SASSA offices and the post office and it has many benefits and can be identified as follows:
- The SASSA payment card has the South African flag on the left side, Mastercard logo on the right and bears the Sassa insignia at the top.
- The card gives the beneficiary three free cash withdrawals at merchants and one free cash withdrawal per month from the post office.
- There is one free ATM balance enquiry per month.
- All swipes are free of charge and it is Eurocard, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) compliant, which means it is accepted at all merchants and ATMs that display the Visa sign around the country.
- No illegal deductions (only 10% deduction of funeral policies will be allowed on non-child grants endorsed by the grant beneficiary).
Beneficiaries are urged to visit any SASSA office, post office or pay points to get the new card as the old SASSA card will be fully phased out by 30 September.
For more information contact the hotline number: 0800 60 10 11 from 08:00 to 16:00 during week days, Monday to Friday.
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