But payments seem to be going more smoothly, at least in some places
Pensioners still had to wait hours to collect their grants at some places in Cape Town, though on the whole the payments seemed to be going more smoothly. Last month,When GroundUp arrived at noon on Tuesday, about 80 people were waiting at the Gatesville Post Office to receive their pension.
But Portia Zokufia, the branch manager at Gatesville Post Office, said the problems were with Postbank, not with the post offices.She said the post office did have sufficient money to pay all beneficiaries."My grant money was on time," Nophakamisa Jacobs, 68, said. She had been waiting at the Gatesville Post Office for around two hours.
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