"Sassa crisis: Date set for Constitutional Court application", 3 March 2017

The Constitutional Court application by NGO Black Sash, to ensure grant beneficiaries will be protected come April 1, will be heard on March 15...In April 2014, the Constitutional Court tasked the social development department with taking over payments by March this year, after it was found that there were irregularities in the appointment of Cash Paymaster Services who distributed the grants..."Yes, the court case will take place on 15 March," Bonita Meyersfeld from the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) told News24..."The Black Sash Trust, is asking the court to ensure that the continued relationship with CPS is based on terms not harmful to, exploitative of, the grant system, its beneficiaries; the personal data of beneficiaries is owned by Sassa; and such data is kept confidential and not used for marketing purposes targeting grant beneficiaries," it said in a statement...