Physical cash payment points will be phased out as part of a broader strategy by SASSA and Postbank to improve the quality of cash withdrawal services for social grant recipients.
Answering questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Thursday, Deputy president Paul Mashatile said government was taking the grant payment problems very seriously.
Thousands of social grant beneficiaries experienced problems with their payouts in September. Minister Zulu blamed this on technical glitches at Postbank.