ConCourt slams govt, extends welfare contract; asks Dlamini to pay case costs

South Africa’s Constitutional Court ordered the nation’s welfare agency to extend Net1 UEPS Technologies contract to distribute grants to more than 17 million beneficiaries for a year to avoid a “potential catastrophe” and slammed the government’s handling of the matter.

Extending Net1 welfare deal unlawful – Pravin Gordhan

South Africa’s finance minister told his cabinet colleague in charge of welfare that her plan to extend a contract with a unit of Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc. would be “unlawful”.