Social development department
Sassa CEO apologises for long queues at WC, KZN offices
Police used water cannon to enforce social distancing by elderly and disabled grant recipients outside Sassa's Bellville offices in the Western Cape on Friday...
The centres taking care of hundreds of children across the province have been permitted to reopen under strict safety measures.
It's compiled a circular dealing with self-assessments, and it can be found on the department's website.
The party has suggested that all poverty alleviation entities and programmes be located at the Presidency.
The seven youths were apparently kept out of school by their father.
The Constitutional Court has given Sassa until the end of September to terminate its invalid contract with Cash Paymaster Services.
The Public Servants Association's Ta'hir Maepa says the strike over wages has nothing to do with the payment of social grants.
Legal counsel representing Social Development Minister Susan Shabangu has argued that should the employees continue their work stoppage, it will affect Sassa’s constitutional obligation.
The Social Development Minister says she wants to reduce the number of cash beneficiaries before the court’s 31 August deadline to end the contract with Cash Paymaster Services.
Minister Susan Shabangu has given her assurance that the current hiccups experienced in the transition to a new social grant payment model will not interrupt payouts to beneficiaries.
The incident occurred during an eviction at an informal settlement in Port Elizabeth.
It is understood that the Zimbabwean nationals had their children brought into the country unaccompanied on the back of a truck without relevant travel documentation.
BASA’s Cas Coovadia says many of the nearly seven million grant recipients who have Sassa cards also have personal accounts with banks.
It’s understood that their parents have approached the courts, demanding that their children be released into their custody.
At the heart of the inquiry is the Social Development Minister’s appointment of individuals who led the so-called workstreams.
This is in response to an open letter penned by the ministry's spokesperson Lumka Oliphant.
After weeks of deadlock over reaching an agreement with the Post Office, it remains unclear whether a deal has now in fact been signed.
The Post Office CEO says they have already demonstrated to Parliament that the parastatal is capable of distributing social grants.
Nehawu says workers will go back to work on Friday despite some outstanding issues before the National Bargaining Council.