CPS extension will ensure smooth handover of cash payments, says Sassa chief
Acting CEO Pearl Bhengu and Post Office chief Mark Barnes say they are already rolling out payments to bank accounts
The acting CEO of the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), Pearl Bhengu, has highlighted the difficulties that would ensue for the approximately 2.8-million beneficiaries who receive their social grant payments at cash paypoints, if the Constitutional Court were to refuse Sassa’s application for a further six-month extension of the invalid contract of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS).The court heard the application for an extension this week.Bhengu said at a joint media briefing with South African Post Office CEO Mark Barnes on Thursday that the further suspension of the invalidity would also ensure a proper phase in-phase out process by CPS.CPS support was needed, Bhengu said, for the distribution of cash at cash pay points. Without this service, beneficiaries would have to be allocated a PIN number and travel to an ATM or other distribution points, which would be difficult for the elderly and disabled.Benghu said Sassa intended depositing money into the Sassa cards for those...
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