In the absence of any other options, the Constitutional Court this week again deepened its involvement in the process to keep social grants flowing.
The alternative payments scheme was suggested two weeks ago by the expert panel set up by Sassa and Black Sash under the supervision of the court.
There is a danger that Sassa, under pressure from political principals, will make hasty decisions, with consequences that could be expensive.
Sapo and Sassa have been in a months-long deadlock over the details of a proposal to assist with the new grant scheme but a deal has now been reached
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 are yet to reach a deal for the payment of social grants and their negotiations have been pushed back to November 17
Readers write in saying Sibongile Promise Khumalo’s story is untrue and Sassa is run like a spaza shop
The defence of Dlamini came after Democratic Alliance leader asked the president why he had not axed her.
The Sassa and Sapo have been entangled in a lengthy negotiation battle to try work out a deal for the payment and management of social grants.
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
Five months now remain for Sassa to find an alternative service provider to handle the core aspects of the grants scheme.
What Sassa is now proposing is that the bidding process be reopened on November 3 2017.
Parliament’s social development portfolio committee will seek legal advice on whether to summon Dlamini.
The social development minister will be on her own to answer questions about the Sassa debacle
Sassa had been due to finish in August the evaluation of possible replacements for CPS.
With more than half its jobs vacant, Sassa has until 2021 to find a solution to distribute grants.
Come March 2018, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) may find itself in a "mad dash" to secure grant payments once again.
The new chief executive says she’s independent, despite being seen as a ‘friend’ of the social development minister
Alarm bells are ringing over the minister’s close ties with the agency’s new chief executive
Azande Consultin, under investigation by the Hawks for alleged payment irregularities with an earlier Sassa contract, was granted a new R400m tender.
ConCourt issues an order that gives the parties two weeks to agree on a referee to compile a report
Dlamini said the procurement process will last for three months, from July through September
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini will find out on today if she is personally liable for legal costs.
But there is still hope for a precedent that will keep companies honest
From this Wednesday, the company will pay him a salary of some R660 000 per month to work for at most a half-day for up to two more years
It will cost “plus minus” R6-billion and take five more years for Sassa to insource the payment of social grants, says Bathabile Dlamini.
Cash Paymaster Services is on its own after the social grant agency withdrew from the case
The company gets the go-ahead to debit the accounts of social grant beneficiaries.
The gloves are off in the ongoing spat between Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and axed finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
The social development minister missed every deadline during a process in which she was found responsible for a crisis around the payment of grants.
The social development minister has missed a deadline to explain to the Court why she should not pay legal fees from her own pocket.
Presumably out of the best of motives, World Bank’s investors have put money into a company whose behaviour looks like it is fleecing the poor.