Timing of inquiry into Sassa chaos in Constitutional Court’s hands
The parties delegated to appoint an individual to head the investigation file their recommendations to the court on Monday
The wait begins for an inquiry into the roles and responsibilities of Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini after parties delegated to appoint an individual to head the investigation file their recommendations to the Constitutional Court on Monday. The Black Sash Trust approached the court in March after the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) acknowledged it would not be able to pay millions of grants from April 1‚ despite promising the court in November 2015 it would do so. The organisation wanted the court to resume its supervisory jurisdiction over the payment of social grants. The Treasury‚ Sassa‚ Freedom Under Law and Black Sash all want retired deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke to lead the investigation but Dlamini is not happy with that prospect.
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