MINISTER TOLASHE TO INSPECT MORE POSTBANK CARD REPLACEMENT SITES IN CAPE TOWN

• The Minister of Social Development, Nokuzola Tolashe is keeping a firm eye on the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Postbank card replacement process.
• In the coming week, the minister will be continuing oversight visits to card replacement sites in Cape Town.
• She has instructed SASSA executives to resolve any bottleneck swiftly to make sure social grant beneficiaries are assisted speedily.

The Minister of Social Development, Nokuzola Tolashe, will continue with her oversight visits to Postbank card replacement sites at retail stores in Cape Town to ensure efficiency in the migration of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries from their current gold cards to black Postbank cards.

On Monday, 24 February 2025, Minister Tolashe will visit sites in Grabouw, Bellville, and Khayelitsha to curb challenges experienced by social grant beneficiaries.

Grant recipients using the gold Postbank cards have until 20 March 2025 to change to the black Postbank cards.

In the past week, she visited a Shoprite store in the Golden Acre while a team of executives, led by SASSA’s Acting CEO Mr Matlou, visited Shoprite in Paarl where they got first-hand experience of the replacement process, with the minister instructing SASSA executives to resolve bottlenecks swiftly so that the beneficiaries are assisted speedily.

In a joint Social Development and Communication and Digital Technologies portfolio committee meeting last week, Minister Tolashe recommitted the department and SASSA to pulling out all the stops to assist Postbank ensure that the almost three million beneficiaries using the gold card are not inconvenienced.

This was followed by a meeting with the MECs of social development where the minister called for more capacity and the protection of the dignity of social grant beneficiaries.