JOHANNESBURG - Deputy President Paul Mashatile has apologised to Sassa grant beneficiaries affected by a technical glitch.
Thousands were unable to receive their money due to an error caused by a Postbank systems upgrade.
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Mashatile was delivering a keynote address Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa centenary celebration
"Just a few days ago, our elderly did not receive their pension funds in some areas, I don't known if it happened here, there was a glitch," he said.
"The Minister is busy fixing that problem and obviously when there are challenges like that, government must immediately apologise to the people.
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"Yes, there is a problem, we are fixing it. So I do hope that those who did not receive their pension funds will receive them quite soon."
Mashatile has encouraged the church to play an important role in social cohesion.
* eNCA's Bafedile Moerane reports.