This pensioner lost everything because of SASSA payment dates

This pensioner lost everything because of SASSA payment dates

For Josaya July Miya, a pensioner, the first of the month used to mean something. It meant certainty. It meant his insurance premium would be debited on time, his electricity coupon would come through, and his household of up to five people could breathe for another month. That predictability is gone, and the losses it left behind cannot be undone. Miya, a man in his late fifties from the Free State, has received the Older Persons Grant for more…