Postbank to increase service points to replace Sassa cards

The Western Cape Department of Social Development has welcomed Postbank’s plan to increase service points for the replacement of Sassa gold cards to Postbank Black Cards.

The Department says according to a presentation by Postbank before parliament, it will be boosting sites in the Western Cape over the next three weeks.

The deadline to replace the card has been extended to March 20.

Postbank had planned to have 27 sites in the province.

The Provincial Minister for Social Development, Jaco Londt says they have committed to increasing it to 70 service points.

“This is what we have been repeatedly calling for, a rapid expansion of services after seeing chaos across the province as Sassa grant beneficiaries desperately tried to get their cards replaced before the first deadline. Last week, I said that we were fighting for our fair share of increased service points. This was because we found that on average the Western Cape Postbank service points were expected to handle almost 24,000 beneficiaries per site while the national average was about 8,500,” says Londt.