While state capture architects have profited from state-owned enterprises, South Africa might have missed the quiet ruin of another key organ of state. The South African Social Security Agency, which plays the critical
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The South African Social Security Agency has cancelled its tender for a service provider to handle the cash payment of welfare grants to millions of poor people, according to social development minister Susan
National treasury has recommended that Net1 UEPS Technologies be paid 24% less than it’s requesting for a six month extension to pay social welfare grants at cash pay points. In documents submitted to the constitutional
The suspension of the tender process by social services agency Sassa to find a new service provider that will be responsible for cash payments to 2.5m elderly and disabled beneficiaries has raised fears of a sequel
Social development minister Susan Shabangu has suspended the tender process aimed at securing a new distributor for the country’s social security cash payments for millions of people, after G4S lodged a
Exactly 17 days. This is the timeline in which social grant payments to more than 10m recipients will either continue…
Social security agency Sassa wants to give Net1 subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) more powers in the distribution of social grants if its invalid contract is extended for an additional six months from
Net1 UEPS Technologies, the parent company of social grants distributor Cash Paymaster Services, plans to roll out banking services to underserved consumers – some of whom are social grant recipients – after its
Incumbent social grants distributor Cash Paymaster Services might swoop in again at the last minute to help the South African Social Security Agency avoid a crisis that would place the livelihoods of the country’s most
The Post Office and civil rights group Black Sash have raised concerns about delays and frustrations caused by the South African Social Security Agency in the agency’s process of phasing out the invalid