GOVERNANCE
IFP proposes bill to establish independent board at Sassa
Ministerial interference in the running of the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has prompted the IFP to propose legislative amendments to ensure that the agency has its own independent board. The most recent crisis at Sassa was the departure of Thokozani Magwaza as CEO because he refused to follow Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini’s dictates on how the takeover of social grant payments from current service provider Cash Paymaster Services should be managed. Magwaza wanted a more central role to be played by the Post Office’s bank than Dlamini, and he terminated the workstreams which she appointed to manage the takeover. These workstreams reported directly to the minister and acted in parallel to Sassa. The IFP is to submit a private member’s bill to Parliament proposing an amendment to the Sassa Act to provide for the establishment of a board as a way of securing the independence of the agency. But who sits on the board will be critical in determining whether...
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