ANN CROTTY: The good guys are standing up
Growing signs of opposition to Zuma’s machinations
There was a spontaneous outbreak of clapping for Thokozani Magwaza, CEO of the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa), when he introduced himself and made a short comment at the standing committee on public accounts’ recent hearing. It was brief because committee chair Themba Godi is evidently a bit of a disciplinarian: nothing raucous under his watch. For many of those attending the meeting — committee members, Sassa employees, treasury employees, civil society representatives and journalists — Magwaza represented the “good guys” in a fight for not just 17m social-grant recipients but for the soul of the ANC and probably the country at large. For those of us who watched the Sassa saga unfold over the past four or so months, it was evident that Magwaza had gone to great lengths, and probably taken considerable risks, to sort out the mess.Much of his effort appeared designed to rescue the situation from the clutches of his inept minister, Bathabile Dlamini. At one parliamentary session wi...
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