SOCIAL GRANTS
SACP urges ANC to fire Bathabile Dlamini
The social development minister and Jacob Zuma face rising political pressure as alliance partners SACP and Cosatu call for action
Political pressure against Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini is being ramped up in the ANC-led alliance to compel the party to act against her over the handling of social grants payments. On Monday, the South African Communist Party (SACP) held a bilateral meeting with the ANC’s national working committee, which includes President Jacob Zuma, at which it told the governing party it needed to act against those involved in the grants fiasco. The ANC needed to do this to avoid damage to its image caused by the uncertainty over the delivery of grants to about 17-million people on April 1. After its central executive committee meeting last week, Cosatu called on the president to fire Dlamini. Even the ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal, which is perceived to be Dlamini’s ally in the party, has called for the minister’s removal. Dlamini is president of the ANC Women’s League, which is at the forefront of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s campaign to succeed Zuma at the ANC’s December el...
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