The ConCourt has ordered Dlamini and Bhengu to explain why they should not be held liable for extension of the CPS contract
The ConCourt has granted Sassa’s application to extend its contract with Cash Paymaster Services CPS) by another six months.
Social security staff are in a tizz, fretting that no backup plan is in place to pay grants come April 1
‘The way her version has moved leads one to the conclusion that there has been deception’
The agency admitted in court papers there was no feasible solution to assist around 2.8-million beneficiaries before the April 1 deadline
The tender deadline was originally postponed from February 28, and risks being postponed again.
In court papers, Bhengu said there was still no ‘feasible’ contingency plan that will guarantee cash payments on April 1
The agency will meet the deadline to pay 17-million grant beneficiaries, but it will still need the help of CPS to do so
With less than a month to transfer core components of the scheme to CPS, Sassa has to answer how it will deliver cash-based social grants
The agency has less than a month to fully migrate core components of the grants scheme from Cash Paymaster Services, as ordered by the ConCourt