Results
SASSA Service Office: Themba
3. 2015 - 2017 Making all voices count (MAVC)
SASSA Service Office - Citizen
1 October 2016 - 30 November 2016
Key Challenges Identified
- Greater awareness on Regulation 11 – pamphlets to be made available to the community
- Public education on the Recourse Mechanism & the EPE bank account: SASSA to offer greater assistance and to discourage people from taking the EPE account
- SASSA to increase its outreach activities to inform communities of its services
- Provision of clean toilets – to secure portable toilets are available on a daily basis
367
Participants
319
Female
48
Male
Please answer yes or no to the following questions - Did any official (including security) ask you for money or a favour in order to help you?
Female
3
Yes
Male
0
Yes
How many times have you come to this office for the same issue - because it was not resolved the first time?
Female
Male
How would you rate the performance of the staff in the following areas? - How well did the staff manage queues?
Female
120
Negative
Male
13
Negative
What kind of service did you come here for?
Female
Male
Service Office
Female
Male
Please answer yes or no to the following questions - Are you aware that you can apply for a grant even if you do not have an ID book, using alternative identification methods? (Regulation 11)
Female
3
Yes
Male
0
Yes
What kind of grant/s do you receive - or are you applying for?
Female
Male
How would you rate the performance of the staff in the following areas? - Is there adequate shelter, seating, toilets, disability access, clean water and cups, good ventilation?
Female
116
Negative
Male
13
Negative
How would you rate the performance of the staff in the following areas? - What was the state of the waiting area?
Female
100
Negative
Male
11
Negative
How would you rate the performance of the staff in the following areas? - How respectful were the staff to you?
Female
61
Negative
Male
11
Negative
What was the total amount you had to pay for transport to the service office?
Female
Male
How would you rate the performance of the staff in the following areas? - Did the staff answer your questions clearly and give you the correct information that you needed?
Female
46
Negative
Male
6
Negative
How would you rate the performance of the staff in the following areas? - Were you satisfied with the service that you received?
Female
55
Negative
Male
8
Negative
Please answer yes or no to the following questions - Did the person serving you tell you their name or wear a name tag?
Female
184
Yes
Male
24
Yes
Please answer yes or no to the following questions - Did you know before you came what documents you had to bring with you?
Female
270
Yes
Male
35
Yes
Do you think that this service office will learn from this survey and improve their services?
Female
273
Yes
Male
37
Yes