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SASSA: Pensioners complain to minister about deductions from their grants

Social Development minister and SASSA CEO visit Delft office

Social Development minister Dina Pule speaking to SASSA beneficiaries during her oversight visit to the Delft office on Monday. Photo: Sindisiwe Tshona

Social Development minister Dina Pule and Themba Matlou, CEO of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) conducted an oversight visit to the Delft office in Cape Town on Monday.
Grant beneficiaries complained of unauthorised deductions from their social grants as well as long queues and insufficient toilets.
At the Bellville office which Pule had visited a month ago, some beneficiaries complained they still had to spend hours in queues.

Pensioner Christine Southgate has visited the SASSA office in Delft several times in recent weeks to stop a deduction for funeral cover from her grant. She says she…

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