CPS wants a new contract with Sassa, but knows it must distribute grants anyway
Laywer Alfred Cockrell wants the Constitutional Court to issue a directive that orders Sassa to conclude a new contract with CPS, to ensure grants are paid from April
Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) concedes it has a "constitutional" obligation to distribute social grants after March 31 if there is no other entity able to provide the service‚ but it is demanding that a new contract be concluded between itself and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). Alfred Cockrell SC, for CPS, told the Constitutional Court that CPS accepted it could not just walk away without ensuring that social grants would be distributed to the 17-million beneficiaries who depend on them. "My client says that if it were not for the constitutional obligation‚ it would not continue after April 1. It [CPS] understands it can’t just walk away if there is no one to provide the service." Cockrell said if the court was persuaded by the South African Post Office’s argument that it was ready to take over the payments of grants‚ CPS would walk away. He asked the court to issue a directive that orders Sassa to conclude a new and "lawful" contract with CPS to ensure that socia...
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