Pearl Bhengu
latest news & developmentsSassa chief executive ignores R45m jobs-for-pals claim
Totsie Memela-Khambula has known about allegations of a nepotistic tender for months but taken no action
Dlamini escapes being slapped with legal costs
The ConCourt has ruled that former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini was not negligent by extending the CPS contract last year
Shabangu suspends new grant payment tender
The minister needs more time to appoint an evaluating team that is better equipped to judge tender proposals
Sassa crisis: Dlamini and Bhengu set to explain why they shouldn’t be held liable
The ConCourt has ordered Dlamini and Bhengu to explain why they should not be held liable for extension of the CPS contract
Sassa admits no contingency plan for grant payments
The tender deadline was originally postponed from February 28, and risks being postponed again.
Sassa admits to having no feasible contingency plan for cash payments of grants
In court papers, Bhengu said there was still no ‘feasible’ contingency plan that will guarantee cash payments on April 1
Sassa and Sapo (mostly) ready on grants
The agency will meet the deadline to pay 17-million grant beneficiaries, but it will still need the help of CPS to do so
Sassa, Post Office to give briefing on progress in social grant payments migration
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
Sassa: There will be chaos if CPS contract is not extended, court hears
Roughly 2.8-million beneficiaries will not get their grant payments if the contract with CPS is not extended, the agency argued in court papers.
Ruling on CPS contract with Sassa to be heard in 6 days
The agency has 31 days to migrate core components of the grants scheme from CPS to the South African Post Office, as agreed in December last year.
President must move grant payment to Treasury to ensure payment on April 1
A panel of experts expects Sassa to renege on its Constitutional mandate to pay grants to over 10-million recipients.
Sassa should not have disqualified Post Office – Treasury letter
Treasury director general Dondo Mogojane says Sassa jumped the gun by excluding the Post Office from three of the four services Sassa required.
Sassa and Sapo agree to ‘sit through the night’ to thrash out deal
Sassa and Sapo appeared before a joint parliamentary meeting on Tuesday and are attempting to work out a deal for the payment of social grants
Sassa short on funds to fill 10 000 vacancies
With more than half its jobs vacant, Sassa has until 2021 to find a solution to distribute grants.
MPs accuse Sassa of ‘delay tactics’
Come March 2018, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) may find itself in a "mad dash" to secure grant payments once again.