During a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday, Communications Minister Mondli Gungubele and his Social Development counterpart, Lindiwe Zulu, explained the problems that prevented pensioners and those living with disabilities from accessing their money for over a week.
Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Mondli Gungubelegave an update on the ongoing Sassa payout delays that left grant recipients stranded. He also responded to questions around the resignation of several Postbank board members.
Communications minister Mondli Gungubele has removed the entire Postbank board in the wake of delayed social grant payments that left 600,000 people waiting days for their payments.
Postbank was effecting social grant payments on its own from September 1 after its migration to its own payment switch on August 20 was successfully completed. However there were problems occasioned by the migration, which were widely reported in the media.