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The trouble with Sassa
The South African Social Security Agency has really been through the wringer recently.
02 October 2017
It’s become the proverbial elephant in the room. Some may even say it’s become a white elephant. Yet, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) is a lifeline to 17 million South Africans.
Its ability to carry out its mandate was severely questioned when the Constitutional Court ruled – on 17 March – that a disputed contract (worth R10 billion when it was awarded in 2012) would continue for another year, but with strict provisions.
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