STATE-PARTY DIVIDE
Parliamentary committees’ meetings compromised for ANC’s lekgotla
Sassa and Eskom municipal debt briefings have been pushed aside to pave the way for ANC leaders’ meeting
Two important meetings of parliamentary committees due to take place this week have been put on hold pending the outcome of the lekgotla of ANC leaders this weekend. The social development committee, which was to be briefed on progress in the transfer of the social grant payment system to the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and the public enterprises meeting with Eskom executives to discuss municipal debt, had to be pushed aside to pave the way for the lekgotla. It is likely Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and Sassa CEO Thokozani Magwaza will be required to report on the lack of progress in the transfer of the payment of R140bn annually in social grants to 17-million beneficiaries from Net1 subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services to Sassa. The takeover takes effect from April 1, and there is deep concern that it will not be ready by then.
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