Sassa back in court over payment of grants
Latest court action is a last-ditch attempt to ensure South Africans get their grants on April 1
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) is again being taken to court over the payment of child support and pensioner grants in a last-ditch attempt to ensure South Africans get their grants on April 1. The court action is being brought by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies‚ on behalf of the Black Sash Trust. On Tuesday‚ the centre filed papers at the Constitutional Court to ask it to oversee the new contract between Sassa and Net 1’s Cash Paymaster Services (CPS). Sassa has not organised a new company to take over the paying of grants on April 1‚ a day after the contract with CPS comes to an end. Black Sash wants the court to intervene to ensure someone is appointed to pay grants so the poor do not suffer. Black Sash Spokesman Esley Philander said: “Sassa has no choice but to negotiate a further uncompetitive contract with Cash Paymaster Services. It is currently the only entity capable of distributing social grants to over 17-million South Africans.” Sassa has entered i...
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