Pretoria – The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) is to embark on an intensive campaign to educate beneficiaries about unauthorised deductions on their social grant payments.
Grant beneficiaries lose money every month because of the continued deduction of amounts for airtime and electricity that they never bought.
SASSA spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi, said during the education campaign, the agency will be visiting communities and informing them of their rights and the processes to follow when their monies are being illegally deducted.
“We will be meeting the traditional leaders, we will be meeting passengers, we will be going to schools as part of our intensive [campaign] to ensure that we bring it to their attention so that they know their rights and which processes they are supposed to follow in case their money is illegally deducted,” said Letsatsi.
During the International Day for Older Persons celebration held recently at the Laudium Community Centre in Pretoria, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini urged old age grant beneficiaries who experience unauthorized deductions from their social grants to fill in affidavits and submit them to their nearest SASSA offices. – SAnews.gov.za
