Bathabile Dlamini proposes roadshow to allay fear that grant system will collapse
03 March 2017 - 11:24
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and her colleagues have proposed embarking on a nationwide public information campaign to allay the fear of a social grant payment collapse. The call came at a meeting with social development MECs‚ South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) managers and executives of the National Development Agency (NDA) on Thursday. Dlamini briefed the meeting on the "institutionalisation" of the social grants payment system after Sassa’s contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) expires at the end of March.
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