Social grants: The Constitutional Court's impossible choice
Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) has emerged as the only likely party that will be able to continue the payment of SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) grants after April 1
Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. This is the position many feel the Constitutional Court finds itself in after the social grants crisis was abandoned on its doorstep. Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) has emerged as the only likely party that will be able to continue the payment of SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) grants after April 1. The matter appeared before the country’s top court on Wednesday in a marathon session. The court heard submissions from lawyers representing‚ among others‚ CPS‚ Sassa and Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini‚ the South African Post Office‚ as well as civil rights organisations Corruption Watch and Black Sash.
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