Social Grants Dispute Resolved – Skweyiya

All social grants will be paid in April after a dispute between the South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) and service providers has been resolved. This is according to the Social Development Minister, Zola Skweyiya.

In a press statement, Skweyiya points out that, "[SASSA] has concluded negotiations and agreed on 12-month contract extensions with the three service providers contracted to pay social grants - Cash Paymaster Services, All Pay and Empilweni."

Earlier, a dispute arose from a Treasury decision that the three companies which transport the cash for the grants only be given interim one year contracts pending the publication of new tenders when their old contracts expired this month.

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