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Ibhanki yasePosini yazisa intlawulo entsha engenamakhadi kwizibonelelo zoluntu

11 May 2023 – Liezl Human Brief – SA

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Kodwa inkxalabo ephakanyisiweyo malunga nokuba iPostbank iza kuzisingatha njani ezi ndlela zintsha zokuhlawula

  • Ibhanki yasePosini yazise intlawulo entsha engenamakhadi yabaxhamli benkamnkam yezentlalo abaneKhadi leGolide laseMzantsi Afrika (i-SASSA) eliphelelwa lixesha.
  • Abaxhamli bebetsala nzima kangangeenyanga ezimbini ukuba amakhadi abo ahlaziywe kumasebe ePosi.
  • Kodwa uMphathiswa woPhuhliso loLuntu weNtshona Koloni u-Sharna Fernandez uvakalise inkxalabo malunga nokuba i-Postbank iza kujongana njani nale ndlela intsha yokuhlawula.

Ibhanki yasePosini iveze ngesiquphe inkqubo entsha yokuhlawula ngaphandle kwamakhadi kulandela ukuxhalaba okugqubayo ngenxa yokuphelelwa kwezigidi ze-Arhente yoKhuseleko lwezeNtlalo yaseMzantsi Afrika (i-SASSA)/Amakhadi eGolide asePostbank kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zizayo.

Kodwa iinkxalabo malunga “nokuphambuka” okunokwenzeka kweBhanki yasePosini kwinkqubo entsha iye yaphakanyiswa nguMphathiswa woPhuhliso loLuntu weNtshona Koloni uSharna Fernandez.

NgoMvulo we-24 kuTshazimpuzi, iPostbank ithe kwingxelo yokuba abantu abanamakhadi egolide bakwaSASSA bazokwazi ngoku ukuqokelela iintlawulo zesibonelelo sikarhulumente kwiivenkile ezifana noShoprite, Usave, Pick n Pay, noBoxer. Oku kuthetha ukuba akusayi kubakho mfuneko yokuba baye kumasebe ePosi ukuya kuthatha amakhadi amatsha xa ephelelwe awabo.

Ezinye iiPosi, phantsi koxinizelelo lwemigca emide yabaxhamli abafuna ukuhlaziya amakhadi aphelelwa lixesha, kuye kwafuneka bagxothe abantu kuba bephelelwe ngamakhadi amatsha, phakathi kweminye imiba, iGroundUp inike ingxelo ekuqaleni kwale veki.

Ibhetshi yokuqala yamakhadi angama-175,000 aphelelwe ekupheleni kukaMatshi. Ngo-Epreli phantse i-860,000 iza kube iphelelwe lixesha kwaye enye i-2.8 yezigidi ngoMeyi kunye ne-1.8 yezigidi ngoJuni, ngokutsho kwePostbank.

I-Postbank ithi kwingxelo yayo le ndlela intsha “iya kunceda ukunciphisa imigca yokutshintshwa kwamakhadi kumasebe asePosini njengoko kungasafuneki ukuba kuqokelelwe amakhadi ukuze kuhlawulwe”.

Isithethi sakwaSASSA kuzwelonke uPaseka Letsatsi uthi abalindelanga micelimngeni kwindlela entsha yokuhlawula ngaphandle kwekhadi.

Uthe le ndlela intsha izakunceda abaxhamli abangakwazanga ukubuyisela amakhadi abo kumasebe ePosi. “Ngoku bangaya koosomashishini abathatha inxaxheba nesazisi sabo kuphela, iphinikhodi yakwaSASSA Gold Card neenombolo zeselfowuni ukuze bakhuphe le mali,” utshilo uLetsatsi.

Kodwa uFernandez uthe inkqubo entsha yokuhlawula ngaphandle kwekhadi ayikavavanywa kwaye inokuba “sesinye impazamo kwicala lePostbank”.

Uthe ukuba akwenziwanga iqhinga lonxibelelwano ukuze kufikelelwe kubantu abadala okanye abantu abahlala ezilalini, indlela entsha yokuhlawula iya kuba yinto engenaziqhamo kuba imigca engaphandle kweePosi iza kuqhubeka.

I-GroundUp inike ingxelo ebutsheni balo nyaka ukuba i-Postbank ifumene “ingxaki” ethetha ukuba izigidi zabaxhamli azikwazanga ukufikelela kwizibonelelo zabo.