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SASSA has updated their social grant offices nationwide. Beneficiaries can easily contact their regional social grant office for help.

SASSA SRD Grant status check updates fraudsters
What to do if SASSA fraudsters hijack your cellphone to try steal your grant. Image: File/Fotor

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has updated the details for all social grant offices.

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A regional grant office is the nearest location to your registered address. Regional offices deal with paperwork, but also social grant applications and complaint resolution.

If you have anything to ask the social grant agency, start with your nearest regional office.

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Contact details for regional offices have been updated on the main website. Some contact details spreading on social media aren’t accurate – and you might not reach the right office.

Here’s how to contact each social grant office.

SASSA UPDATES DETAILS FOR ALL SOCIAL GRANT OFFICES

The South African Social Security Agency have updated the details for their social grant offices, according to their website.

SASSA regional offices are spread throughout South Africa. A regional office might deal with complaints and grant applications, though also deals with collections and paperwork.

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If you Google your nearest office, the information might not be up to date.

Contacting SASSA?

Call the right office!

SASSA: REGIONAL OFFICE DETAILS

Recipients contacting the social grant agency must start with their national hotline – or reach out to a regional office. Online contact details might not be accurate. The below numbers were correct at the time of publishing: 14 February, 2024.

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Here are the details for each SASSA regional office:

  • Gauteng +27 11 241 8320
  • Mpumalanga +27 13 754 9446
  • Limpopo +27 15 291 7509
  • North West +27 18 388 4006
  • Free State +27 51 410 8339
  • Northern Cape +27 53 802 4919
  • Kwazulu-Natal +27 33 846 3324
  • Eastern Cape +27 43 707 6335

A full list of regional offices is on the SASSA website.

SOCIAL GRANT UPDATES FOR 2024

The social grant agency have issued important updates for 2024.

Gold cards won’t expire for the foreseeable future. If you have a social grant card, it will remain valid well into the year – and so far, for next year.

Later in 2024, the grant agency phases out Postbank cash payments in an attempt to make grants safer for everyone.