Spotlight on social grants

Special GroundUp series on social grants

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Corruption Watch says CPS must pay back R317 million

Social grant payment company claims it offered ā€œthe best deal SASSA could getā€

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News | 23 February 2018

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SASSA files explosive papers in court

Agency turns on CPS, accuses company of abusing its position

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News | 14 February 2018

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Post office to phase in payment of social grants from 1 April

CPS cannot just ā€œup and goā€, says post office executive

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News | 13 February 2018

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Bathabile Dlamini ā€˜deliberatelyā€™ excluded special advisor from grants process

Minister gave clear instruction that the SASSA executive should not interfere

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News | 2 February 2018

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SASSA negotiating low bank fees for grant beneficiaries

Deductions from new accounts might not be allowed

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News | 1 February 2018

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Dlamini accused of ā€œparallel decision makingā€

Despite apologising, Dlamini continued to do it, testifies Thokozani Magwaza

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News | 27 January 2018

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Dlamini blames Magwaza at SASSA hearing

Judge scolds Minister of Social Development for evasive answers

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News | 25 January 2018

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Dlamini: I didnā€™t know SASSA would miss deadline

Minister says she was warned very late

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Brief | 23 January 2018

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Dlamini denies undermining SASSAā€™s work

Minister called to account for social grants crisis

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Brief | 23 January 2018

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SASSA to start paying grants through Postbank in February

Cash payments still to be done by CPS ā€” for now

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News | 16 January 2018

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Fewer poor infants receive grants in Western Cape and Gauteng

12 million of 17.2 million social grants are for child support

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News | 15 December 2017

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Where to get your grant after 1 April

SASSA is negotiating with banks for beneficiaries to get low-cost accounts

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News | 12 December 2017

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Social grants falling as share of state expenditure

Yet percentage of people living in poverty has grown

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Opinion | 4 December 2017

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Mogoeng tells SASSA to go back to the drawing board

Constitutional Court orders agency to consider paying grants through the banking system

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News | 29 November 2017

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How much did CPS make from social grants?

Panel of Experts questions Cash Paymaster Services profit submission to Constitutional Court

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News | 27 November 2017

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SASSAā€™s failures make smooth grant handover impossible, warn experts

Deadline reached for SASSA to make deal with Post Office

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News | 24 November 2017