SOCIAL GRANTS
Sassa strike called off after court orders wage talks to begin
The strike by workers at the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has been called off, averting yet another disruption at the crisis-ridden agency. This follows a court order compelling Sassa and the Public Service Association (PSA), the majority trade union at Sassa, to begin wage talks. Although not all striking workers were involved in the payment of grants, the agency also had to calm the fears of grant recipients following system failures and withdrawal cards not functioning. Sassa said this was caused by technical glitches in the system migration from Cash Paymaster Services to the South African Post Office, which will be responsible for cash payments from October. Social Development Minister Susan Shabangu applied for an urgent court interdict at the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday in a bid to stop workers from continuing with the strike. Judge Hamilton Cele ordered the parties to start negotiations within seven days in terms of the provisions contained in t...
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