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Sassa grants debacle: About political trickery, not separation of powers
Analysis
/ 16 March 2017

Sassa grants debacle: About political trickery, not separation of powers

Was the social grants fiasco orchestrated to undermine the judiciary and the Constitution and hide sheer incompetence on the part of government?

By Mashupye Herbert Maserumule
Serge Belamant, Sassa and the ‘war chest’ of poor people
Article
/ 16 March 2017

Serge Belamant, Sassa and the ‘war chest’ of poor people

The social grants system has been taken captive. Its captor is grabbing all that he can, before he’s deposed. The minster’s fought to give him time.

By Craig Mckune
Sassa, Dlamini propose 18-month contract to unimpressed Mogoeng
Article
/ 15 March 2017

Sassa, Dlamini propose 18-month contract to unimpressed Mogoeng

The chief justice asked why the social development minister had allowed the grants agency to ’embarrass’ her.

By Raeesa Pather
Radebe and co will appoint new Sassa, CPS negotiators, MPs told
Article
/ 15 March 2017

Radebe and co will appoint new Sassa, CPS negotiators, MPs told

A ministerial task team led by Minister Jeff Radebe will appoint new negotiators to strike a deal with Cash Paymaster Services

By Paul Herman
D-day: Game of chicken grips Sassa crisis
Analysis
/ 15 March 2017

D-day: Game of chicken grips Sassa crisis

The crisis swirling around South Africa’s system of welfare payments to the poorest third of its people has become a game of chicken.

By Paul Vecchiatto and Amogelang Mbatha 1
Bathabile Dlamini, Sassa acting CEO file late affidavits to Concourt
Article
/ 14 March 2017

Bathabile Dlamini, Sassa acting CEO file late affidavits to Concourt

Dlamini did not apologise for her late submission, but instead said she had ‘made every reasonable effort to comply with this court’s directives’.

By Raeesa Pather
Concourt to Sassa: Tell us why you missed our deadline
Article
/ 14 March 2017

Concourt to Sassa: Tell us why you missed our deadline

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and the social grants agency’s Thamo Mzobe and Wiseman Magasela will have to submit affidavits by 3pm.

By Raeesa Pather
Former Sassa lawyer Trengove: Any CPS deal will be unlawful
Article
/ 14 March 2017

Former Sassa lawyer Trengove: Any CPS deal will be unlawful

Senior counsel Wim Trengove says exemption from the bidding process is not legal and the agency’s social grants payment crisis is self-inflicted.

By Raeesa Pather
Sassa knew almost a year ago that it wouldn’t be able to pay grants
Article
/ 14 March 2017

Sassa knew almost a year ago that it wouldn’t be able to pay grants

The South African Social Security Agency sent a copy of its answers to Concourt’s detailed questions six hours after its deadline to do so.

By Raeesa Pather
Sassa fails to meet Constitutional Court deadline
Article
/ 13 March 2017

Sassa fails to meet Constitutional Court deadline

The social welfare agency could not answer pointed questions on the grants crisis by 4pm and said the court cannot dictate how much it should pay CPS.

By Phillip De Wet
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