South African Agency Grilled in Parliament Over Grants Crisis

The SA Social Security Agency has denied that it will approach the Constitutional Court to request an extension of an illegal contract with Cash Paymaster Services - which currently handles the grants of 17 million people - as the deadline to find a new financial distributor looms.

People queue for social grants in Mdantsane, East London.

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