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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.
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Sassa, Post Office continue negotiations as deadline looms
Negotiations for an agreement that will see the Post Office take on the responsibility of social grant payments in the new year have been fractious.
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Clock ticks amid Sassa, Post Office deal uncertainty
The Constitutional Court has also ordered that Sassa provide a panel of experts with all details of this agreement on Friday.
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MPs: Parly must probe manipulation of negotiation process with Sapo
Treasury has found the South African Social Security Agency was biased in crafting a request for a proposal and that it unfairly disqualified the Post Office from parts of the tender.
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Post Office CEO says he's ready for fresh talks over grant payments
Mark Barnes says it only makes economic sense for the government to use its own infrastructure to take over from Cash Paymaster Services.
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Treasury set to brief MPs on review of Sassa, Sapo impasse
The Post Office has rejected an offer from Sassa to only provide a payment and biometric system for the payment of grants, saying it can do a lot more.
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'Bathabile Dlamini leading Parliament on merry-go-round'
The Social Security Agency (Sassa) and the Post Office are currently deadlocked on an offer for the Post Bank to provide a payment system.
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Tempers flare among MPs over payment of social grants
Sassa and the Post Office have been sent back to the negotiating table and work through the night to break an impasse over the payment of social grants.
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Barnes: Post Bank can provide superior service to grant beneficiaries
After a three week wait, Bathabile Dlamini has accepted an invite to provide progress on the takeover of the grant payment system.
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Dlamini confirms no deal reached with Sapo over grant payments
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini confirmed that the Post Office has rejected an offer made last week for the Post Bank to provide a payment system to disburse grants.
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Godi: Dlamini will be subpoenaed if she's a no-show
Minister Bathabile Dlamini has evaded meetings to inform Parliament about the progress made on social grant payouts for the last two weeks.
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[LISTEN] Sassa's Post Office deal in the balance
CEO of the South African Post Office Mark Barnes says the Social Development Department is not really offering the Post Office the job of paying out grants.
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Sapo insists it’s capable of managing Sassa payment system
Sassa’s interim chief executive Pearl Bengu told a joint meeting of two parliamentary committees on Tuesday that the post office doesn’t meet all the requirements.
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Sassa says negotiating in good faith with Sapo over grant payments
Sassa has less than five months before the current Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract to distribute grants expires.
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Gigaba confirms sale of some Telkom shares to rescue SAA, Post Office
Malusi Gigaba made the announcement while delivering his medium-term budget review in Parliament.
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Sassa to reveal details of offer made to Post Office to pay grants
Sassa was expected to start testing its new payment system in November, a deadline that now appears unlikely to be met.
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Sassa in hot water again over grant payments contract
Sassa will have some explaining to do before Parliament after it announced on Thursday that it had offered a contract to the Post Office to pay social grants from next year.
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MPs outraged as Sassa snubs two committees
It's now been almost two months since Sassa was expected to sign an agreement with the Post Office to take over the payment of social grants.
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Sassa says committed to signing contract with Post Office soon
The agency is under a Constitutional Court deadline to phase out a contract with Cash Paymaster Services by March.
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Sassa misses another deadline to sign deal with Post Office
Sassa says missing another deadline to enter into a service agreement with the Post Office for the payment of grants, is not deliberate.
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Sassa, Post Office to sign deal for grant payments
The deadline for finalising an agreement has been moved twice already.
