Bidders were culled for not offering voice verification, which has not been used for two years

Sassa wants the Concourt to "turn its back" on an unlawful, R10-billion social grants tender, because risk of disrupting grant payments is too high.

Although Michael Hulley was appointed "strategic adviser" for a state grant deal, he played "no role" in its adjudication, the Concourt has heard.

Supreme Court of Appeals judges have unanimously overturned a high court ruling that a R10-billion social grant tender was ”illegal and invalid”.

The losing bidder in the R10-billion social grant tender, AllPay, has filed for leave to appeal the decision not to scrap the controversial deal.

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.