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DA gives Dlamini 48 hours to report knowledge of corruption at Sassa
The party gave Bathabile Dlamini 48 hours to report her knowledge of corruption in the social grants debacle to police.
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Nehawu: Sassa dishonest about transition of social grant payments
Nehawu says Sasa has failed to address problems arising from the newly introduced biometric enrollment system which has left both workers and beneficiaries frustrated.
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DA plans to lay criminal complaint against Bathabile Dlamini over Sassa crisis
The DA has given President Cyril Ramaphosa until Friday to remove Bathabile Dlamini from his Cabinet or face legal action challenging his decision to keep her in office.
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Sassa 'respects & abides' by ConCourt ruling on social grants matter
Justice Johan Froneman said the findings made at the Ngoepe Commission of Inquiry into the invalid contract between the agency and Cash Paymaster Services must be sent to the NPA to consider whether Dlamini should face perjury charges.
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Cwele: Govt working to urgently improve Post Office infrastructure
Minister Siyabonga Cwele says work is continuously being done to ensure the Post Office fully takes over the payment of social grants as ordered by the ConCourt.
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Sassa, former CEO ordered to pay legal costs of bid to extend CPS contract
The pair have been ordered to pay in their official capacity, which means that taxpayers will have to incur the costs.
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CPS receives final payment instructions from Sassa
September will be the last month that CPS will be providing payment services at pay points for social grant beneficiaries before it's contract expires.
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Minister Shabangu berates Sassa officials
Social Development Minister Susan Shabangu has gone as far as to say they are colluding with CPS to coax beneficiaries into signing up for new bank accounts.
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Shabangu confident Sassa can eliminate cash payments by September
This is despite a panel of experts telling the Constitutional Court in July, that it expects Sassa to require another extension of its contract with Cash Paymaster Services.
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Sassa & CPS grants contract may be extended beyond September
A panel overseeing the institutionalisation of social grant payments says it's particularly concerned over cash payments as Sassa is closing thousands of pay points.
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Shabangu: CPS will not pay social grants beyond end of September
Social Development Minister Susan Shabangu has indicated govt is unlikely to ask the Constitutional Court for a further extension of the contract it ruled was unlawful and invalid.
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Govt accuses CPS of sabotaging social grants migration process
The court has given South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) until the end of September to end its contract with CPS.
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ConCourt extends Sassa's contract with CPS
Sassa approached the court last month requesting a six-month extension of its contract with CPS to disburse millions of social grants.
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Sassa: Failure to extend CPS contract will result in chaos
The Constitutional Court is being cornered by Sassa once again to extend a contract with CPS in order to avoid a crisis in April.
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‘Sassa, CPS debacle could leave grant recipients stranded'
A Constitutional Court hearing is due to be held next Tuesday to consider an application to continue using the services of controversial grants disburser CPS.
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Corruption Watch upbeat its application into Sassa saga will succeed
After initially opposing the application Sassa withdrew from the case leaving cps as the only respondent in the matter.
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Panel says Sassa’s grant payments takeover plan thin on details
The panel has highlighted a number of issues it says have not been adequately addressed, as the takeover date of the first of April edges closer.
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Black Sash: Several gaps remain with social grant payments deal
On Sunday, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe announced Sassa and the Post Office had reached an agreement.
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Social grant payments: Committee awaits progress report on Sassa-Sapo deal
A veil of secrecy has been thrown over talks that were expected to yield an outcome by Friday.
