The not so sudden announcement by the CEO of SASSA, Thokozani Magwaza, that he was quitting amidst death threats, an irretrievable breakdown of the relationship with his principal, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini, and general lack of support to effect his duties, leaves the nation reeling, yet again.
In a decisive and often scathing judgment on Friday, 17 March 2017, the Constitutional Court ruled…
The last few days have witnessed a SASSA fiasco on an unprecedented scale.
In a series of barefaced lies, misinformation and distortions, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is yet again seeking refuge behind almost 17 million poor people, to cover up its inaction and connivance in giving effect to a Constitutional Court judgment rendering its contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) invalid and illegal.
Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, has through word and inaction, demonstrated her clear disregard of the Constitutional Court ruling declaring the SASSA contract with Cash Paymater Services (CPS) invalid.
For the poorest South Africans, 1 April 2017 may indeed be April Fool’s Day as they return empty-handed from SASSA collection points, when the contract of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), distributors of social grants on behalf of SASSA, comes to an end on 31 March.
On 23 November 2016, Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) in the National Assembly called the Minister of Social Development, the Auditor-General and members of the Hawks, together with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), to a hearing on the weighty matter of irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
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