Bidders were culled for not offering voice verification, which has not been used for two years
Millions of poor South Africans are at risk as a result of the outsourcing of grant payments, writes Jane Duncan.
A R10bn social grant distribution contract between the South African Social Security Agency and Net1’s CPS needs investigating, says Nicola Whittaker.
It is often said that the mark of a good society is the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens.
Although Michael Hulley was appointed "strategic adviser" for a state grant deal, he played "no role" in its adjudication, the Concourt has heard.
The Financial Services Board has criticised owners of a company with a contract to pay social grants for peddling funeral insurance to SA’s poorest.
The controversial R10-billion tender winner, South African Social Services Agency, wants to sell financial products to 10-million state beneficiaries.
The Institute of Race Relations argued in a report this week, that grants have been crucial to improved living standards over the past decade.
The North Gauteng High Court has ruled that the R10-billion social grant tender awarded to Cash Paymaster Services by Sassa is illegal and invalid.
AllPay says specifications for mega grant payments tender were changed at the last minute so that its competitor, Cash Paymaster Services,could win.
There are moves afoot to overhaul the social grant payout system to make it less cumbersome as some grant recipients wait hours in queues.
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In 2010, SASSA received nearly 4.7 million applications for social grants.
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) manages a range of social grants that are disbursed nationwide monthly.
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<b>Thandi Sibanyoni</b> said that most fraud cases are "related to private beneficiaries".
SASSA engages with citizens via media campaigns and mobile offices built into trucks that drive out to far-flung rural areas.
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Millions of citizens receive social grants from the government but to cut out fraud all beneficiary cases face a review process.
<b>Bandile Maqetuka</b> believes that any citizen who applies for a social grant should "be treated with respect and dignity".
SASSA is currently responsible for the disbursement of 10.5 million grants to more than 15 million beneficiaries each month.
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Social Development Month will be launched in Mokgophong, Limpopo province, on October 4.
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Questions have been raised over very similar logos launched in the same year.
Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya was not in contempt of court and was respecting a high court ruling for social grants to be given to applicants with alternative forms of identification, his department said on Wednesday. The Department of Social Development said Skweyiya was in the process of implementing the court’s decision.