Exciting news for all SASSA beneficiaries using SASSA Gold Cards!
The wait is finally over. Postbank has started replacing SASSA Gold Cards with new Postbank Black Cards for all social grant recipients using Gold Cards in Gauteng.
The first leg of card distributions in Gauteng commenced in 21 Pick ‘n Pay and Boxer Stores in the province covering areas that include Soweto (Baragwanath, Maponya Mall & Dobsonvile), Tembisa (Tembisa mall, Boulders Midrand), Orange Farm, Benoni (Lakeside Mall), Alexandra (Alex Mall), Tshepisong, Alberton, Johannesburg (Noord St), Pretoria CBD (Station Square), East Rand Mall, Bedfordview, Key West, Norwood, Southgate and Trade Route.
SASSA grant recipients in these areas of Gauteng are requested to head to the Pick ‘n Pay and Boxer stores to collect their new Postbank Black Cards.
The card issuance process is smooth, and it is free of charge. A person’s grant payment will not be affected when exchanging to the Postbank Black Card.
No one will be left behind, and Postbank will announce dates of when the issuance of Black cards will start for SASSA grant recipients in the other parts of Gauteng.
Postbank is updating and adding more sites and urges beneficiaries to use USSD *120*218*3# to locate active Gauteng sites.
What Must SASSA Grant Recipients Bring to Get Black Cards
All the beneficiaries need to bring to be issued with Postbank Black Cards is a valid ID, or a temporary ID. Therefore, beneficiaries that may have lost or misplaced their ID’s are urged to obtain a temporary ID to be issued with Black Cards.
For those persons that are collecting a SASSA grant on behalf of someone else, please bring along your ID and the official SASSA proxy letter that stipulates that you have been nominated as that person’s proxy. The person whom you are collecting a SASSA grant on their behalf need not be present.
Asylum seeker grant beneficiaries are requested to bring along the official approval letter from SASSA.
Sick and Bedridden SASSA beneficiaries
Postbank cares for all our customer’s experience, which is the reason we have designed a special program of home visits to ensure that sick and bedridden beneficiaries are issued Black Cards at the comfort of their homes. Details of how to schedule home visits will be announced in the coming days, so this category of grant recipients need not go to the replacement sites.
Grant recipients will continue enjoying the same benefits and freebies that they are getting from the SASSA Gold Cards when switching to new Postbank Black Cards, which include:
- Free first card replacements
- 3 free withdrawals in stores
- 1 free statement monthly over the counter
- No unauthorized deductions
Postbank wishes to assure all SASSA Gold Cards grant recipients that have not been issued with their Black Cards that cards currently in their possession will continue to work to collect their grants until they are replaced, so they need not be concerned.
