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
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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
The South African Social Security Agency received a roasting by parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Wednesday over R1,1bn in irregular expenditure in 2015/2016. Hawks head Berning Ntlemeza was in attendance
The South African Social Security Agency’s irregular expenditure over the last financial year skyrocketed by over a thousand percent, from R93m in 2014/2015 to over R1bn in 2015/2016. The bulk of the R1,1bn