Treasury passes the buck on social-grants crisis deal
The Treasury has washed its hands of the controversial negotiations under way with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS)
The Treasury has washed its hands of the controversial negotiations under way with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) aimed at doing a deal that will enable the company to continue distributing social grants when its contract expires at the end of the month. In a statement on Friday, the Treasury said: "National Treasury wishes to clarify that it is not part of this process." It said that the Department of Social Development had requested the Treasury's participation, but it had advised the department that "such a request cannot be favourably considered". The government and the country are facing a crisis. At the end of March, the existing contract held by CPS to disburse social grants to 17 million people - including child support, foster and disability grants - will expire. Despite having had years to remedy the situation after the Constitutional Court declared the contract with CPS invalid, the Department of Social Development has failed to do anything about it. Explaining its decisio...
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