Sassa has approached the Concourt to authorise its engagement with CPS to provide services for another year.
The Scopa chair closed the hearing on irregular expenditure of R1.1-billion on Tuesday, saying that Dlamini and Sassa are on a “suicide mission”.
The chief executive was due to appear before the committee on Tuesday morning to answer questions about the contract which cost Sassa R10-billion.
Absa fought tooth and nail on a previous tender, but now it is conspiciously absent.
It believes it can bridge an unbreachable divide — but, don’t worry, there is apparently another plan
Opposition parties criticised Dlamini for being negligent and unprepared, during a meeting to detail the department’s plans regarding grant payments.
Minister Bathabile Dlamini told Parliament that the South African Social Security Agency will disburse the grants but negotiations have not begun
Sassa told a Parliamentary committee that the biometric cards used to identify social grant recipients at pay points will no longer work come April.
Undoubtedly social grants will still be paid but some very tough questions need to be answered.
Belamant used a BEE front to win a R10b tender before dumping it for a person with links to social development minister Bathabile Dlamini.