Sassa rejects Post Office's counter offer
Johannesburg - Talks between social grants agency South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa) and the South African Post Office (SAPO) over a deal to distribute social grants have collapsed.
Sources close to the deal said Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini was likely to announce that Sassa should find a new service provider for the payment of grants to more than 17 million beneficiaries through an open tender process.
A press conference has been planned for next Tuesday.
This follows Sassa’s rejection of the Post Office’s conditional acceptance of its original offer.
Sassa made an offer to the Post Office on October 18 to provide only one out of four possible services in the grants payment value chain.