From this Wednesday, the company will pay him a salary of some R660 000 per month to work for at most a half-day for up to two more years
It will cost “plus minus” R6-billion and take five more years for Sassa to insource the payment of social grants, says Bathabile Dlamini.
The social development minister missed every deadline during a process in which she was found responsible for a crisis around the payment of grants.
The social development minister has missed a deadline to explain to the Court why she should not pay legal fees from her own pocket.
The two biggest Net1 investors admit to CPS worries, but disagree on scale and severity.
Under the Concourt ruling and the public’s wary gaze, the agency has yet to conclude its request for proposals
Presumably out of the best of motives, World Bank’s investors have put money into a company whose behaviour looks like it is fleecing the poor.
The Concourt repeatedly steps in to protect vulnerable people and perform what former deputy chief Justice Moseneke calls its "transformative role"
President Zuma flatly dismissed calls to discipline Dlamini or even probe her conduct, saying he could not do so until there was an actual disaster
There is a refreshing honesty in Belamant’s statements outside the court. “We’re not a government: we are a company. We work for profit,” he said.
Although the Teflon minister remains unscathed, misleading Parliament may come back to bite her.
The judiciary stands to gain more legitimacy if it manages to confront the impunity of Sassa and Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini.
Constitutional delinquent: Bathabile Dlamini is part of a political culture in an unresponsive government. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp)
The chief justice asked why the social development minister had allowed the grants agency to ’embarrass’ her.
Sunday Times revealed at the weekend that President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer is yet another prominent figure in Sassa’s grants crisis.
Dlamini and Sassa have for several months insisted that grants would be paid on time, but have never said how that would be achieved.
Grant recipients are often at a loss about who they are dealing with, which makes them vulnerable
The party hoped the matter would be resolved, the ANC’s study group in the standing committee on public accounts said in a statement.
The social development minister appeared before Scopa on Tuesday and said that feedback on the Sassa agreement with CPS will be ready by Friday.
The event was held to inform various stakeholders about the social development department’s plan to resolve the grants crisis.
The social development spokesperson chose to go on the attack over language and not speak about the social grants payment crisis, writes Mondli Zondo.
Legal pundits have argued that an order from the court allowing Sassa to continue its relationship with CPS could help to ensure grants are paid
Social development minister Bathabile Dlamini on Sunday refused to answer any questions about how government grants will be paid out from April.
Dangor confirmed today that he has resigned citing a breakdown of relations with minister Bathabile Dlamini over the handling of the Sassa crisis.
The social security agency says the court no longer has any supervisory jurisdiction over it.
In papers submitted to the court this week, the Black Sash asked the court to allow Sassa to continue its relationship with Cash Paymaster Service.
Read the directions from the Constitutional Court in the Sassa/Black Sash matter.
Its job is to serve the poorest. Instead, the social development agency spins a web of doublespeak.
The demand follows a shambolic week during which officials failed to give adequate answers.
The inquiry is a reminder that democratic mechanisms are there, to be used by South Africans to drag some kind of accountability out of the executive.
Jeff Radebe says the Cabinet will meet some time next week to discuss the crisis created by the social development department and social grants agency
The social security agency’s contract with the company disbursing grants ends this month and it’s feared that 17-million people may not receive them.