Sassa spent thousands in fruitless preparation to take over grant payments
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says managers were seconded to regional offices as part of a two-phase approach to a takeover that never happened
28 March 2017 - 11:23
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) spent thousands of rand preparing for the takeover of social grants as far back as 2015 even though there was no prospect of the takeover happening anytime soon. Sassa was supposed to take over social grants when the illegal contract of Net1 subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) expires at the end of March but was not ready to do so and had to ask the Constitutional Court for permission to extend the contract.
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