Dlamini knew since July 2015 that Sassa couldn't pay grants, says Sassa CEO
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini had known since July 2015 of inadequacies in the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to pay grant recipients on its own. Furthermore‚ Dlamini was in control of the process of Sassa taking over grant payments. She appointed individuals who reported directly to her. Sassa was told not to “interrupt” the implementation process she was in charge of. And she told the chief executive to instead concentrate on the daily operation of the agency. This is contained in an affidavit filed by Sassa chief executive Thokozani Magwaza in the Constitutional Court on Friday. Magwaza sought to deal with aspects raised in an affidavit filed by Dlamini last Friday which he said reflected on him negatively and which were incorrect. In that affidavit‚ Dlamini said it was only in October last year that she became aware Sassa would not be in a position to pay social grants by March 31 2017. “It was only at that point that it became apparent to me that t...
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