Parys Deserves a Permanent SASSA Office
Stand with us to demand dignified, accessible social services for our community
Residents of Parys are being failed by the current SASSA arrangement. Officials visit only once a week, on Wednesdays, leaving thousands of vulnerable residents without consistent access to the social services they depend on.
Those who cannot resolve their matters in a single visit must wait an entire week to return. Paper forms are not available on site, forcing residents to print them at their own cost and come back the following week. Pensioners and elderly beneficiaries are helped last, despite being the most vulnerable. System downtime regularly leaves people unable to have their grants processed after travelling to the service point.
The venue itself is unacceptable. Residents wait outside in the sun with no shade or shelter. The Municipal Hall being used is in a state of disrepair: broken toilets, leaking pipes, no doors on bathrooms, a collapsing ceiling, uneven floorboards, and broken windows. It is not disability friendly
in any meaningful way.
This is not the standard of service our community deserves. A permanent, fully operational SASSA office in Parys would provide daily access, proper facilities, adequate staffing, reliable systems, and the dignity every resident is entitled to when accessing government services.
Communities of comparable size already have permanent offices. Parys should be no different. Sign this petition to show SASSA that our community demands better.
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Stand with us to demand dignified, accessible social services for our community
Residents of Parys are being failed by the current SASSA arrangement. Officials visit only once a week, on Wednesdays, leaving thousands of vulnerable residents without consistent access to the social services they depend on.
Those who cannot resolve their matters in a single visit must wait an entire week to return. Paper forms are not available on site, forcing residents to print them at their own cost and come back the following week. Pensioners and elderly beneficiaries are helped last, despite being the most vulnerable. System downtime regularly leaves people unable to have their grants processed after travelling to the service point.
The venue itself is unacceptable. Residents wait outside in the sun with no shade or shelter. The Municipal Hall being used is in a state of disrepair: broken toilets, leaking pipes, no doors on bathrooms, a collapsing ceiling, uneven floorboards, and broken windows. It is not disability friendly
in any meaningful way.
This is not the standard of service our community deserves. A permanent, fully operational SASSA office in Parys would provide daily access, proper facilities, adequate staffing, reliable systems, and the dignity every resident is entitled to when accessing government services.
Communities of comparable size already have permanent offices. Parys should be no different. Sign this petition to show SASSA that our community demands better.