GRANTS DEBACLE
Dlamini fires adviser who tried to fix Sassa crisis sans CPS
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has dismissed her special adviser, Sipho Shezi, who along with other officials had tried to find a way of ensuring the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) could pay social grants without Cash Paymaster Services (CPS). On Tuesday, Shezi confirmed that Dlamini had informed him in a letter on Friday that his services were no longer needed. She did not give him reasons. “In terms of the contract, at any given time, the parties can decide to terminate the contract without giving notice,” Shezi said. “So I have respected that position and I would like to remain at that level.” Lumka Oliphant, Dlamini’s spokeswoman, did not respond to requests for comment. The minister has a second special adviser, Wiseman Magasela, who is also the department’s deputy director-general (research and policy development). He was appointed acting CE of Sassa for two days in the middle of the social grants fiasco in March 2017. This was after CE Thokozani M...
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