A ruling by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday allowing social grant payment provider Net1 to continue deducting money from the bank accounts of grant beneficiaries was devastating, Black Sash's lawyers said. She said this would reduce the ability for the beneficiaries to enjoy their social grants. Our ultimate objective is to always ensure that the integrity of the social grants still remains intact." Amended regulationsThe first three respondents - SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) CEO Thokozani Magwaza, Sassa, and Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini - were ordered to pay costs. It wanted deductions and debit orders to continue being made from social grant beneficiaries' bank accounts.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 09, 2017 19:41 UTC