Auditor general points to the state’s flaws enabling Covid-19 graft
AG Kimi Makwetu’s ‘real-time’ audit of contracts and relief schemes indicate ‘a higher risk of fraud and abuse of funds’
SASSA
Basic income grant on the cards as Covid-19 threat intensifies
The pandemic has triggered a global economic crisis that will leave many South Africans without income security
Sassa disses disability grant applicants
Towards the end of level four of the lockdown, Sassa offices reopened for applications for old age pensions and childcare and foster care grants, but not for disability grants
Real relief requires the reform of state recruitment
Covid-19 has exposed, among a host of other things, the glaring gaps that appear when the wrong people have been put in the job
Children who trade are an important part of the economy
The government should do more to develop and upskill these young entrepreneurs who are already street smart
Ramaphosa announces R500-billion Covid-19 package for South Africa
President announces an ‘extraordinary coronavirus budget’ with R20-billion for healthcare and spending on the pandemic equal to 10% of national GDP
Land reform is about more than just land
On paper, the Bino family of Kowa (formerly Elliot), Eastern Cape, are a land reform success story. In 2000, they applied with their relatives to pool their government subsidies and buy the 500-hectare Killcholoumkill farm, which the government had bought from a white commercial farmer for the purposes of land reform. Over the past 20 […]
Dlamini’s departure ends a career characterised by incompetence and arrogance
ANCWL president remains defiant and plays the victim to the end as she bows out as an MP
Bathabile Dlamini the latest to resign from Parliament
The ANC Women’s League president is the third MP to walk away in two days
Net1 subsidiary goes to court to compel Sassa to pay grants into its accounts
Moneyline claims that the South African Social Security Agency has moved beneficiaries to the South African Post Office against their will
Offline horrors hit home affairs
One of the department’s centres was unavailable for 130 out of SA’s 248 working days in the past year
Sassa: Get new cards or risk not getting grant payouts
The social security agency says it will not extend the December deadline to switch to the new Sassa cards
Dlamini, Gigaba ‘acted dishonestly’, not fit to hold office — DA
The DA filed papers in the high court on Monday, challenging President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reappointment of Malusi Gigaba and Bathabile Dlamini
Bathabile Dlamini slapped with court costs, possible perjury probe
The Constitutional Court has ruled that Bathabile Dlamini is personally liable for 20% of costs of last year’s Sassa debacle
Parents neglect kids to care for themselves
The four children who died on Sunday after a fire burnt down their home are being remembered by the community and their schools in Alexandra
Dlamini escapes being slapped with legal costs
The ConCourt has ruled that former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini was not negligent by extending the CPS contract last year
Sapo, MTN to fight over R900m tender
The contract, to upgrade Sapo network facilities, was initially advertised in 2016 with both Telkom and MTN contesting
Sassa: The more things change …
The social development minister is following in the footsteps of her predecessor
Bureaucracy, power and grants: When a pen may be as mighty as the scalpel
Go inside this unspoken ethical dilemma South African doctors face every day.
Dodgy official ‘parachuted’ into Sassa
Staff say Benedicta Monama knows little about the agency and highlight her controversial past
Grants back in court
In May last year the high court ruled that CPS could continue to deduct money for airtime, loans and electricity from social grant beneficiaries
More than 1.8m grant beneficiaries migrated to new Sassa card
Social development minister Susan Shabangu said they had also taken legal action against CPS employees who interfered with migration progress.
Post office wage talks deadlocked
Sapo chief executive Mark Barnes says the entity could not afford the 12% wage hike
Post Office strike halts payment to grant beneficiaries
The workers say they have not received a wage hike in three years. They are demanding a 12% wage increase
Editorial: Sassa’s misstep is beyond apology
‘How far can you fall in the three days that you stood in line, having been forced to borrow money to pay taxi fares to get to a collection point?’
PSA claims victory over Sassa
The PSA and the agency have not been able to reach an agreement on wage increases for workers since the union tabled its demands in February
Sassa urges patience, assures grants will be paid despite difficulties
Social grant beneficiaries who draw their money at ATMs might have to wait a little longer to access it
Striking PSA workers taken to labour court
The PSA received court papers on Monday to say that the department of social development would apply for an interdict to stop the strike
Sassa strike will ‘cripple’ operations – PSA
The PSA has been engaged in prolonged and conflict-ridden wage negotiations
Sassa strike won’t disrupt grants payouts, says public servants union
The strike is planned from June 11 and will take place on days when there are no pay outs
PSA plans for ‘Day of Rage’, indefinite strike
The PSA says it will begin a fresh round of strike action on Monday June 11, starting with protests it is calling a "Day of Rage".
No social grant pay points have been closed ― Shabangu
Social development minister says the transition from CPS to Sapo will closely involve all beneficiaries
