As of now, the Sassa grants saga is not fixed

Wednesday (yesterday) marks another important day in the history of this country, as the Concourt is expected to make a ruling in the much-talked-about and sensitive issue of the unresolved social grants contract issue.

While Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini is expected to explain to the court how her department and Sassa intend to solve the issue over who will be awarded the contract of administering the payments of social grants, everything is as confusing as ever.

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The contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), which comes to an end at the end of this month, was in 2014 found to have been invalid by the Concourt.

Reports that the department was in talks with the same company with the view of entering into a new contract have been met with criticism from various quarters, with some describing the negotiations as undermining the highest court in the land.

CPS’s CEO also said that if a new deal is not reached soon, there might a possibility that millions of grant beneficiaries might not be paid come April 1.

So all local pensioners can do is pray that sanity will prevail.

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