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Cash paymaster services
Sapo chief says system being upgraded ahead of grant payments takeover
Mark Barnes on Monday visited a Sapo pay point at Jabulani Mall in Soweto where some computers weren’t working.
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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 committed to cleaning up social grants debacle
The minister says she won’t be drawn into a blame game over the grants debacle that started under Bathabile Dlamini's leadership.
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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: Dept pushing for complete Post Office control of grant payments
CPS will no longer be able to distribute social grants beyond the end of September following a deadline imposed by the Constitutional Court.
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Post Office hasn't shut down completely, says CEO Mark Barnes
The South African Post Office says that it will continue to meet with workers to find a solution to end the national strike.
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'CPS must stop its obstructionist & destructive behaviour'
There are fresh tensions between CPS and Sassa - this time, accusations that company employees are persuading grant recipients not to sign up for the new gold cards.
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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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'Legal action being taken against CPS employees sabotaging migration process'
Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says legal action has been taken against people who interfered with swapping of old cards for new ones & those interrupting Sassa staff in carrying out their duties.
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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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Sassa & CPS could be headed to court over bank charges
Beneficiaries paid through Grindrod Bank, have since April being paying R10 to access their grants. Sassa says it has now initiated legal proceedings to resolve the matter.
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CPS says it's not being paid to pay social grants in cash
The company says it's going concern status is under threat, because it's not being paid for its service to pay social grants in cash.
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Black Sash: Shabangu needs contingency plan in place for cash grant payments
With only five months before a new service provider is supposed to take over, Social Development Minister Susan Shabangu has put the brakes on the tender evaluation last week at the instruction of Treasury.
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Minister Shabangu suspends social grants tender process
It emerged in Parliament recently that security company G4S is challenging the accuracy of tender documents.
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Grant beneficiaries to cough up R10 in bank charges if they use Sassa cards
The banking charges are because of the continued use of Grindrod Bank without a contract in place until the Post Office is ready to take over.
