𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗣𝗦𝗘: 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗨𝗣 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗭𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗬-𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗
By Felicity Guest
Founder: Child Maintenance Difficulties in South Africa (CMDSA)
Lead: Project Mojopay
Following an intense, one-person national media tour across SAfm, Radio Islam, CapeTalk, and SABC channels, Felicity Guest, the Founder of Child Maintenance Difficulties in South Africa (CMDSA) and leader of the urgent Project Mojopay initiative, has single-handedly exposed a chilling pattern of institutional secrecy and systemic failure within the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD).
While thousands of vulnerable families face immediate financial starvation due to frozen maintenance garnishee orders, the national department has rigidly refused to issue a transparent public directive.
Instead, investigations spearheaded by Felicity Guest over the past ten days have unearthed a massive disconnect between local frontline admissions and high-level corporate damage control.
𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱
1. The Silenced Truth from Court Staff
A mother who physically went to the Maintenance Court this week exposed a deliberate gag order implemented by department leadership. She told Felicity Guest:
“A clerk at the court explicitly told me that there has been a major cyber breach, but they were strictly ordered by management to keep quiet about it to the public.”
𝟮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
Frontline administrative staff are actively bypassing official channels to warn applicants of the chaos.
A text notification shared by a beneficiary with Felicity Guest explicitly admits:
“Kindly be advised that DOJ has turned off EFT payments due to fraud.
You may come and collect MTE monies from our office between 8h00 and 13h00 and 14h00 and 15h00.
Kindly note that the system is off line at this time so today will not be a good day.
Kindly contact me tomorrow to confirm that MOJA PAY is back on line.”
𝟯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: “𝗡𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲”
Despite local offices instructing mothers to physically travel to courts for manual collections, the backup infrastructure has entirely collapsed.
After being advised to go to court a mother who has been waiting for the funds since 15 July spent her last remaining funds on transport to queue at the court, only to be turned away empty-handed and told there was “no money available.”
The funds have legally left the employers’ bank accounts via mandated garnishee deductions, yet the state is failing to distribute them.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲
When backed into a corner by journalists following the trail of Felicity Guest’s national radio broadcasts, the DoJ&CD media team chose to distribute a carefully controlled, unpublicised statement on 1 August 2026 strictly to reporters, refusing to upload it to their national newsroom portal.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝟭 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀:
“The Department of Justice temporarily halted payments as a precautionary measure after payment administrators identified suspicious transactions.
Forensic investigators were appointed to analyse a batch of transactions to verify their accuracy and ensure the integrity of the payment process.
At this stage, we are not in a position to comment on whether the matter constitutes a security breach.
Any determination in this regard will be made once the forensic investigators have completed their analysis and concluded their investigation.
The Department is working diligently to resolve the matter and ensure that all beneficiaries receive their payments as soon as possible.
The Department sincerely regrets any inconvenience caused by this process and assures all beneficiaries that the matter is receiving the highest priority and is being addressed with the utmost urgency.”
𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿
The evidence gathered by Felicity Guest raises catastrophic questions regarding state accountability, legislative compliance, and the total abandonment of South African children:
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀?
With an estimated 250,000 beneficiaries reliant on the MojaPay network, the department must reveal the exact volume of funds frozen and the total number of families currently cut off from food and basic necessities.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?
Under South Africa’s strict Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and cyber-governance mandates, state entities are legally compelled to immediately and transparently broadcast data disruptions and suspected breaches to the public.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁, 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆?
Why is Parliament completely silent? Despite CMDSA formally bringing this national emergency to the attention of three separate political parties over the past week, there has been absolute legislative paralysis.
Why has no Member of Parliament raised an urgent point of order or demanded that the Minister of Justice provide answers?
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀?
The DoJ&CD has a historical track record of digital vulnerability, including its devastating 2021 ransomware attack.
Why is the recurring collapse of critical, child-centered state infrastructure being normalised by oversight bodies?
The state is legally enforcing garnishee deductions from salaries, yet weaponizing its own systemic failure to withhold those funds from children.
We demand an immediate, live public broadcast from Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi outlining the exact date the electronic pipeline will be restored and an emergency manual payout framework that does not leave mothers stranded in empty court queues.