a) There are approximately 5.3 million cards due for replacement by 31 December 2023.
(i) The regional breakdown is as per table below:
|
PROVINCE |
Beneficiary Volume |
|
|
KWAZULU NATAL |
1 120 702 |
|
|
GAUTENG |
975 063 |
|
|
EASTERN CAPE |
745 994 |
|
|
LIMPOPO |
717 656 |
|
|
MPUMALANGA |
490 188 |
|
|
WESTERN CAPE |
484 131 |
|
|
NORTH WEST |
331 618 |
|
|
FREE STATE |
323 604 |
|
|
NORTHERN CAPE |
110 542 |
|
|
GRAND TOTAL |
5 299 499 |
(ii) The table below illustrates the grant type affected by the December deadline:
|
PROVINCE |
Care Dependency Grant (CDG) |
Child Support Grant (CSG) |
Foster Child Grant |
Combination of CDG & FCG |
Disability Grant |
Old Age Grant |
War Veteran Grant |
Grand Total |
|
KWAZULU NATAL |
11 634 |
712 022 |
8 945 |
204 |
72 710 |
265 839 |
1 |
1 071 355 |
|
GAUTENG |
9 331 |
648 802 |
10 966 |
210 |
41 916 |
315 252 |
2 |
1 026 479 |
|
EASTERN CAPE |
7 677 |
488 694 |
16 082 |
378 |
58 151 |
226 837 |
|
797 819 |
|
LIMPOPO |
5 339 |
427 652 |
10 068 |
143 |
34 113 |
222 683 |
|
699 998 |
|
MPUMALANGA |
5 057 |
338 979 |
6 671 |
125 |
34 974 |
138 790 |
|
524 596 |
|
WESTERN CAPE |
5 682 |
311 996 |
5 695 |
187 |
36 214 |
148 245 |
2 |
508 021 |
|
NORTH WEST |
2 482 |
189 266 |
4 662 |
89 |
17 181 |
101 027 |
1 |
314 708 |
|
FREE STATE |
3 463 |
211 542 |
5 522 |
160 |
26 261 |
94 629 |
|
341 577 |
|
NORTHERN CAPE |
1 311 |
65 481 |
1 610 |
80 |
9 794 |
30 022 |
1 |
108 299 |
|
Grand Total |
51 976 |
3 394 434 |
70 221 |
1 576 |
331 314 |
1 543 324 |
7 |
5 392 852 |
b) Work is currently underway to meet the December deadline and Postbank will make necessary information available to the public.
c) Refer to (b) above.
d) I cannot pre-empt the outcome of a procurement process of the Postbank. This is an administrative process that does not involve the Executive Athority.
e) Refer to (d) above.