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Local technology company GovChat became a key partner of the South African Social Security Agency during the pandemic. Today, the company continues to provide a digital avenue to apply for certain grants, even though it is in business rescue and its executives resigned in 2022. This is Part One...
The most cynical corporations seek to rip off the poor. Few have been as effective as Net1 and Cash Payment Services (CPS). While they have rebranded, they have not paid back their illicit profits owed to millions of South Africans.
The case raises questions of fundamental public importance, because the ‘market’ GovChat and Meta are fighting over is us and our personal information.
With the commercialisation of personal data of millions of social grant recipients.