Pensioners and those living with disabilities who received their grants from Postbank have been unable to access their money for over a week due to technical difficulties.
CAPE TOWN - The South African Social Security Agency is being flooded by beneficiaries who want to opt out of receiving grants from Postbank in light of the most recent payment problems.Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu, and her communications counterpart Mondli Gungubele, will on Thursday seek to explain the problems that prevented pensioners and those living with disabilities from receiving grants for over a week.
“We've also seen a huge influx into our local offices where people are requesting to change their bank account details to get their money into another bank account.” Acting director-general of the Department of Social Development Linton Mchunu said the department was not at fault.
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