Many people were left stranded earlier this month when they went to collect their Sassa grant money and didn’t receive it. According to Dr Bongani Diako, spokesperson of Postbank, the issue affected a significant number of beneficiaries.“There are approximately 5,2 million people who are using Postbank-Sassa cards. The issue at hand regarding the ability to access funds affected around just above 400 000 beneficiaries, which we have now since processed the money back into their accounts,” said Diako.

But it seems these have been resolved. To tell us more, we will be joined by our EWN news reporter, Veronica Makhoali.