SASSA

PSA plans for ‘Day of Rage’, indefinite strike

Article Marelise Van Der Merwe - 6 Jun 2018

The PSA says it will begin a fresh round of strike action on Monday June 11, starting with protests it is calling a "Day of Rage".

No social grant pay points have been closed ― Shabangu

Article Mashadi Kekana - 4 Jun 2018

Social development minister says the transition from CPS to Sapo will closely involve all beneficiaries

CPS drops its rate for social grant payments

Article bogdan TagDiv - 28 May 2018

For now, Cash Paymaster Services is prepared to charge Sassa R45 to pay social grants in cash, rather than its initial pitch of R66.70 per beneficiary

Sassa cancels tender process to find CPS replacement

Article Paul Herman - 22 May 2018

Sassa's invalid contract with Cash Paymaster Services was extended for six months by the ConCourt in March

Shabangu promises Sassa will comply with ConCourt order

Article Paul Herman - 9 May 2018

Social development minister promises Sassa grants will continue to be paid and that their obligations to the Constitutional Court will be met

Judge Ngoepe: Bathabile Dlamani ‘evasive’ during inquiry

Article Jeanette Chabalala - 7 May 2018

The inquiry was instituted last year to investigate whether the former minister should be held liable for the costs in the Sassa debacle.

Sassa to recoup R2-million spent on Bathabile Dlamini’s children

Article Paul Herman - 4 May 2018

The minister told Parliament last year that her children were receiving threats and she had sought private security for them

Sassa crisis: Dlamini and Bhengu set to explain why they shouldn’t be held liable

Article Jan Bornman - 16 Apr 2018

The ConCourt has ordered Dlamini and Bhengu to explain why they should not be held liable for extension of the CPS contract

Over 5 million social grant beneficiaries to pay R10 “bank charge”

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Mar 2018

Sassa has assured MPs that all grants will be paid from April 1

ConCourt allows extension of Sassa’s contract with CPS for 6 months

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Mar 2018

The ConCourt has granted Sassa's application to extend its contract with Cash Paymaster Services CPS) by another six months.

CPS ordered to pay back R316-million

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Mar 2018

Sassa paid CPS after the company claimed it had enrolled more grant recipients and beneficiaries than it had been contracted to provides services for.

One week left as Sassa scrambles

Article Athandiwe Saba - 23 Mar 2018

Social security staff are in a tizz, fretting that no backup plan is in place to pay grants come April 1

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