Social grant payments seen as secure even as Post Office falters | Business

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Welfare payments in one of the world’s most unequal societies will be secure despite the provisional liquidation of the South African Post Office, where many beneficiaries accessed their monthly government stipends. | News24_Business

The Postbank will continue to monitor developments at the Post Office “to inform our strategy and evaluate any possible risks of services access,” Diako said.

South Africa expects to spend R254 billion, or 3.6% of gross domestic product, on social support, mostly in the form of child support and pensions, in the fiscal year through March. The ruling African National Congress’s welfare initiative is the single biggest program instituted by the post-apartheid government to alleviate poverty. A sustained interruption in payments could undermine the party’s support in national elections next year.

The Post Office was placed under provisional liquidation after a creditor took it to court to recover unpaid rent money. It has until June 1 to make a case against the provisional order and avert liquidation, its joint provisional liquidators said in a statement on Wednesday. Johannesburg-based Business Day newspaper was first to report on the Post Office’s provisional liquidation. In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust.

 

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_Business South Africa is one of the world's most antiwhite societies. Whites are expected to pay off the antiwhite regime in exchange for being tolerated and get rewarded for it with more white guilt instead of services.

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