Social grant payments will continue uninterrupted, Pule assures
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Social grant payments continue uninterrupted during card migration (gold card to black card)
Social grant beneficiaries are assured that their monthly social grant payments will continue uninterrupted during the transition from the SASSA gold card to the Postbank black card, and that the change will not affect their grants.
- Who it is for
- South African Social Security Agency beneficiaries and other social grant beneficiaries dependent on social grants
- How to act on it
- Change from the gold card to the black card; ensure your grants are paid into your chosen bank account and withdraw using your bank card at participating outlets.
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"I want to assure the people of South Africa, especially South African Social Security Agency beneficiaries, that they must not worry. They will receive their grants on time. All they need to do is change from the gold card to the black card, but this will never affect their grants," Pule said.
Biometric verification measures for social grant payments
Government is introducing biometric verification measures to strengthen the integrity of the social grant payment system as part of the new payment system.
- Who it is for
- Social grant beneficiaries who receive social grant payments
- How to act on it
- Use the social grant payment system that includes biometric verification measures (no application steps are described in the article).
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She added that government is also introducing biometric verification measures to strengthen the integrity of the social grant payment system.
Facts
Reference
GOVNEWS-82857 at https://www.sanews.gov.za
Amounts
R 300 000 000 000
Key Takeaways
- Minister: Dina Pule (Social Development)
- Assurance: social grant payments will continue uninterrupted
- Card migration: SASSA gold card to Postbank black card (no impact on grant payments)
- Payment method: deposits into beneficiaries’ chosen bank accounts (including Postbank and commercial banks)
- Access: withdrawals using bank cards at participating outlets
- New system: reduces logistical challenges of transporting cash to payment points
- Integrity measure: biometric verification for social grant payments
- First 100 days focus: implement approved strategic plan; strengthen internal systems; appoint right people to key positions
- Department scale: annual budget about R300 billion; supports ~28 million South Africans via grant programmes
- Substance abuse: co-chairs Inter-Ministerial Committee on Substance Abuse with Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
- Child protection: works with Border Management Authority (BMA); social workers deployed when children are at risk
- Dina Pule
- Department of Social Development
- South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)
- Postbank
- Department of Communications and Digital Technologies
- Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)
- Inter-Ministerial Committee on Substance Abuse
- Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
- Department of Health
- Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
- South African Police Service (Police)
- Department of Trade, Industry and Competition
- Border Management Authority (BMA)
- SAnews.gov.za
- SAnews
Dates
Opening Date
14 July 2026