Moneyline claims that the South African Social Security Agency has moved beneficiaries to the South African Post Office against their will

The social security agency says it will not extend the December deadline to switch to the new Sassa cards

The Constitutional Court has ruled that Bathabile Dlamini is personally liable for 20% of costs of last year’s Sassa debacle

The social development minister is following in the footsteps of her predecessor

In May last year the high court ruled that CPS could continue to deduct money for airtime, loans and electricity from social grant beneficiaries

Social development minister Susan Shabangu said they had also taken legal action against CPS employees who interfered with migration progress.

Sapo chief executive Mark Barnes says the entity could not afford the 12% wage hike

Social development minister says the transition from CPS to Sapo will closely involve all beneficiaries

For now, Cash Paymaster Services is prepared to charge Sassa R45 to pay social grants in cash, rather than its initial pitch of R66.70 per beneficiary

Sassa’s invalid contract with Cash Paymaster Services was extended for six months by the ConCourt in March

Social development minister promises Sassa grants will continue to be paid and that their obligations to the Constitutional Court will be met

The minister needs more time to appoint an evaluating team that is better equipped to judge tender proposals

The ConCourt has ordered Dlamini and Bhengu to explain why they should not be held liable for extension of the CPS contract

Sassa has assured MPs that all grants will be paid from April 1

Sassa paid CPS after the company claimed it had enrolled more grant recipients and beneficiaries than it had been contracted to provides services for.

Social security staff are in a tizz, fretting that no backup plan is in place to pay grants come April 1

In court papers, Bhengu said there was still no ‘feasible’ contingency plan that will guarantee cash payments on April 1

Roughly 2.8-million beneficiaries will not get their grant payments if the contract with CPS is not extended, the agency argued in court papers.

A panel of experts expects Sassa to renege on its Constitutional mandate to pay grants to over 10-million recipients.

CPS argues no party during the court process suggested that it should be barred from participating in any future tenders in regards to grant payment.