Social Development Minister Dina Pule announces that the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will deploy more than 1,000 contract workers to its offices nationwide. The initiative is aimed at addressing long queues at SASSA service points and improving access to social grants for beneficiaries. The announcement is framed as a step to strengthen service delivery, with the additional staff expected to increase capacity for processing applications and related client interactions. The deployment covers SASSA offices across the country, indicating a broad approach rather than a single-site intervention. The minister’s statement links the contract-worker support to the ongoing challenge of queue lengths experienced by many grant recipients, with the intention of reducing waiting times and improving operational efficiency. Overall, the announcement centres on temporary additional staffing to support SASSA’s service operations and better meet the needs of millions of grant beneficiaries.