Beneficiaries of SASSA grants now have until 20 March 2025 to exchange their SASSA Gold Card with the new Postbank Black Card.

The ministers of Communication and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, and Social Development, Nokuzola Tolashe, announced today that the deadline had been extended from 28 February until 20 March.

The ministers said in a joint statement they had listened to the concerns and frustration of social grant beneficiaries and strongly encouraged them to make the change before the new deadline.

They stressed grants will still be paid after 20 March, but those who haven’t exchanged their cards by then will have to go to their nearest Post Office to access their funds.

Postbank has also made it easy for beneficiaries to locate the nearest place in every province where they can collect their card. All they need to do from the comfort of their home is to use their cellphone and:
1. Dial: *120*218*3#
2. Reply by pressing number 1 and
3. Reply with the number representing the province they live in.

For any further enquiries, beneficiaries can contact Postbank or SASSA Customer Care on
0800 53 54 55 (Postbank) or 0800 60 10 11 (SASSA).

Beneficiaries in the Western Cape can exchange their cards at the following sites:

Boxer Langa, Boxer Philippi,  Boxer Mitchells Plain, Checkers Hyper Parow, Usave Bellville, Shoprite Bayside Mall, Shoprite Eerste River, Shoprite Khayelitsha CBD, Shoprite Gugulethu, Shoprite Adderley Street, Shoprite Thembalethu, Shoprite George, Shoprite Paarl, Shoprite Vredenburg and USave Caledon.

WESTERN Cape Minister of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Anroux Marais, has called for an integrated approach against gun violence in and around Cape Town.

This follows a call by the non-profit organization, Fight Against Crime SA (FACSA), to the South African government to implement a multi-sector strategy to stop the carnage of innocent people.

Marais said in a statement she was outraged at the high levels of gun-related crime in Cape Town.

Several people died in a number of recent shootings across the city in recent weeks.

The Minister stated: “The proliferation of guns and ammunition is a major contributor to gang-related killings in Cape Town.

“The South African Police Service (SAPS) must work closer with municipal law enforcement agencies, including Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officers, to prioritise getting illegal guns off our streets and ensure perpetrators of gun-related crimes are successfully prosecuted.”

 She said community-based organisations, such as neighbourhood watches, also play a critical role in addressing crime and called for closer collaboration “in addressing this scourge”.