SASSA mayhem: Govt officials hell-bent on CPS to dish out grants, says Nzimande
13 November 2017
Johannesburg - Without mentioning any names, SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande claims there are people in government fighting tooth and nail to keep social grants in the hands of current service provider Cash Paymaster Services (CPS).
Nzimande was speaking at the party's Red October rally in Durban. He said the SACP had warned against using a foreign company to distribute grants to the poor.
"We were the first to say social grants cannot be paid through outsourced companies. Government must pay and give the money to the Post Office and the Post Office distributes the money to grannies," he said.
Nzimande said the challenge faced by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) was in stark contrast with the ANC's talk of radical economic transformation. SASSA has been locked in a protracted process to successfully migrate the social grants scheme away from CPS by April next year.