South African Social Security Agency

South African Social Security Agency

Logo of the South African Social Security Agency

SASSA offices in Cape Town
Agency overview
Headquarters SASSA HOUSE, 501 Prodinsa Building, Cnr Steve Biko and Pretorius Streets, Pretoria
Motto "paying the right social grant, to the right person, at the right time and place. NJALO!"
Employees 9894 (including contracted employees)
Minister responsible
  • Ms Bathabile Dlamini

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is a national agency of the South African Government created in April 2005. SASSA was created to administer the application, approval and payment of social grants in South Africa. It was also designed to reallocate the function of social security from South Africa's provinces to the national sphere of government and reports to the Ministry of Social Development. Its current chief executive officer is Virginia Peterson. SASSA is a section 3A public entity, the focused institution responsible to ensure that government pays the right grant, to the right person, at a location which is most convenient to that person.

Types of grants

Social Assistance is provided in the form of:

Previously, all nine (9) provincial governments were responsible for the administration of social grants, but this created serious social delivery challenges especially the delay in the approval and payments of grants, possible fraud and corruption in the system, inhumane pay points facilities and huge administration costs in delivering social grants.

Adoption of the South African Social Security Agency Act, 2004 and the amendment of the Social Assistance Act, 2004, by National Parliament, paved the way for a more professional and focused service delivery to the social grant beneficiaries. This will yield the following dividends in the future:

Where Do You Apply For A Grant?

References

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