Government accuses CPS of sabotage
The inter-ministerial committee
looking into the social grants crisis has accused Cash Payment Masters
(CPS) of trying to sabotage the process of social grant payments to the South
African Post Office (Sapo).
The committee briefed the media in Pretoria on Thursday on the progress made on payments.
This after hundreds of thousands of grant recipients were not able to access their money last week due to a technical glitch linked to the new Sapo system.
Communication Minister Nomvula Mokonyane told reporters that some CPS employees are trying to sabotage the migration process.
"We want to send a strong message to all CPS employees not to interfere with government processes to migrating our people from old card to the new,” Mokonyane warned.
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She said the government will institute criminal charges against those who are interfering with the process and those attempting to prevent Sassa employees from doing their jobs.
Mokonyane said the interference include CPS employees trying to convince beneficiaries not to swop to the new cards.
The government is aiming to wrap up the migration process, from old to new card, by the end of August.
Last week, technical glitches left over 700,000 social grant recipients unable to get their money.
According to Sassa, the problem affected those social grants recipients who migrated to new Post Office cards.
"We further convey our apologies for the delay and are confident that such challenges are being attended to as a matter of urgency,” Mokonyane said.