The dispute over South Africa’s social grant system and threatening millions of vulnerable beneficiaries with non-payment creates risks that go far beyond interrupting poor people’s access to desperately needed grants. The failure of the South African
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Finance minister Pravin Gordhan has told his cabinet colleague in charge of welfare that her plan to extend a contract with a unit of Net1 UEPS Technologies would be “unlawful”, a letter
Government is considering a one-year extension to a contract with Net1 UEPS Technologies to make welfare payments to 17,2m people even after legal battles with the company, according to a government official with knowledge of
The CEO of Net1 UEPS Technologies said a failure to extend its contract to distribute South African welfare payments beyond the end of March would be a “national disaster”, and offered to sell the business to the government. While the South African Social
Three of South Africa’s biggest banks are considering bidding to distribute government welfare payments to more than 17m people as a contract with a unit of Net1 UEPS Technologies comes to an end after years of legal battles. The existing contract
Government, set to miss a deadline to appoint a new distributor of welfare grants worth about R140bn/year to more than 17m people, asked aspirant bidders to an information session as the end of a contract with Net1 UEPS
The social development department’s ability to continue to make monthly welfare payments to about 17m people is in jeopardy because it ignored advice from the central bank, two people familiar with the situation said. The department
Government may extend its deal with Net1 UEPS Technologies, a company that it has been embroiled in legal battles with, because it’s not ready to make welfare payments worth about R129bn/year when the contract ends
Social development minister Bathabile Dlamini is soon to make an announcement about the payment of social grants by the South African Social Security Agency amid fears of a disaster when the
Social development minister Bathabile Dlamini could not provide answers on Wednesday about her department’s readiness to take over the social grants scheme. Dlamini and members of the South African Social Security Agency