Bathabile Dlamini

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Bathabile Dlamini and Sassa CEO face deadline to explain why they shouldn’t be held liable for grants extension

Embattled Minister in the Presidency for women Bathabile Dlamini and Sassa acting CEO Pearl Bhengu have been given until Monday to explain why they should not foot the bill for the CPS contract extension. Last month, the Constitutional Court gave Dlamini and Bhengu until Monday to explain, via affidavits, why they should be held personally liable to foot the bill for the extension of the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract […]

today16 April 2018

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Post Office ‘not yet ready’ to pay out grants

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says the SA Post Office is not ready to take over the grants payment system. Dlamini was addressing the media at Regent Hotel in East London on Monday. She said the Post Office needed an integrated payment system, banking services, card production and the provision of cash payment services. The evaluation of Sapo's ability to perform the required services had been conducted by the Council […]

today31 October 2017

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Sworn affidavits will take centre stage in Sassa probe

Affidavits containing counter allegations between Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini, her former director general and the Sassa CEO will be at the centre of a probe ordered by the Constitutional Court to determine whether she should be held personally liable for the social grants payment debacle. The Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered that there be further investigation into whether Dlamini should be held personally liable for the social grants matter. […]

today16 June 2017

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Sassa: Post Office a step closer to assisting with social grants

The South African Social Security Agency says a good presentation recently made by the South African Post Office has moved them a step closer to assist with the social grants scheme. Sassa project lead Zodwa Mvulane and CEO Thokozani Magwaza told MPs on Wednesday that talks with the Post Office were progressing at a good rate, following a workshop held last week. A memorandum of understanding was in place with […]

today1 June 2017

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Black Sash continues fight for grant recipients

The NGO, Black Sash says it will continue fighting for the rights of the poor following the ruling of the High Court in Pretoria which allows deductions from social grants recipients. The court ruled that amendments to regulations governing the payment of social grants should not prevent deductions from being made from beneficiaries' bank accounts. Black Sash has described the judgment as victory for Net 1 and its subsidiaries. National […]

today11 May 2017

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Sassa still has 50 000 deduction complaints to deal with: Dlamini

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has told MPs that more than 50 000 grant beneficiary complaints were incomplete as they were still waiting for affidavits from complainants. Dlamini told the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday that the South African Social Security Agency had received 95 429 disputes from grant beneficiaries from April 2016 to February 2017. Illegal deductions "Most are about airtime and prepaid electricity [deductions]. We've been able […]

today10 May 2017

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Bathabile bunks Parly meetings

The spectre of the social grants controversy looms large over Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini, who has been missing more often than not from Parliament’s committee meetings this year – in sharp contrast to her relatively better attendance record last year. Since the reopening of Parliament in January, Dlamini and her deputy, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, have attended three meetings between the two of them of the nine they are expected to […]

today7 May 2017

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All on track for Sassa grant payouts: Dlamini

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says all is on track to ensure that 17 million beneficiaries receive their social grants next week. Dlamini says some beneficiaries will get paid on Monday - April 3, since the first falls on a weekend. Only beneficiaries who receive their grants through their merchant bank accounts will get paid next Saturday. Earlier this month, the Constitutional Court further extended the invalid contract between Cash […]

today27 March 2017

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CPS and Sassa ordered to continue paying grants

Sassa and Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) must continue paying social grants until another entity which can do so is found, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday. The declaration of the invalidity of the previous contract between the SA Social Security Agency and CPS would be suspended for 12 months, Justice Johan Froneman read from the order. The terms and conditions in the previous contract would continue to apply. Social Development Minister Bathabile […]

today17 March 2017

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