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13 Mar 2017

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The Black Sash Trust, represented by Centre for Applied Legal Studies

Court Application: Black Sash v SASSA, CPS & others

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This is an urgent application for direct access, in the public interest, and in the interest of all grant beneficiaries, most of whom are unable to litigate themselves, to seek re-instatement of the Court for the payment of social grants in order:...for this court to have oversight over the further/new proposed contract between SASSA and CPS [Cash Paymaster Services (Pty) Ltd] for payment of social grants before it is fait accompli…to protect the grant beneficiaries from the harmful practices by, among others, CPS…The Black Sash brings this application to ensure that SASSA complies with its Constitutional obligations to provide social assistance, and to do so in a lawful manner, and to protect grant beneficiaries form unlawful depletion of their grants…given the situation SASSA has created, the Court should compel SASSA   and CPS to enter into a contract on terms designed to protect grant beneficiaries…

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