PUBLIC PROTECTOR
Public Protector probe into CPS social-security deal under way
Office of the Public Protector has also received two formal requests to investigate ANC MP and former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe’s R30m payout
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is a few weeks into her investigation of the relationship between social development minister Bathabile Dlamini and Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) over the firm’s continued servicing of social grants. The department failed to take over the disbursement of social grants at the beginning of April despite assurances in 2016 that it was ready to do so. This led to suspicion that the minister deliberately misled the Constitutional Court to manufacture a crisis that resulted in CPS continuing with its illegal contract. A spokesman for the Office of the Public Protector, Oupa Segalwe, said Mkhwebane had started her investigation into the social grants debacle but could not immediately confirm if Dlamini’s department had written back to her about the contents of the investigation. "The investigation just commenced a couple of weeks back. [It is] still too early. I would not go as far as to share the contents of the letter [if the minister has responded]. O...
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