MAGWAZA’S WARNING
Why a grants payment crisis replay is likely
Sassa CEO Thokozani Magwaza's departure ‘risks a repeat of the March 2017 crisis’
Former South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) CEO Thokozani Magwaza’s allies say his departure risked a repeat in 2018 of the March 2017 crisis and the department is now freer to push through a five-year plan favoured by Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini. But the ministry said that Magwaza’s departure would allow the agency to pursue its plans to find a viable solution for the payment social grants. A letter of intention to appoint the South African Post Office and a panel appointed by the Constitutional Court appear to be the only obstacles to Dlamini’s R6bn, five-year plan. A leading feature of the plan is the replacement of Net1 with another private sector partner, which will be paid several billion rand. On Friday, Dlamini denied she was behind the dramatic resignation of Magwaza. She said Magwaza’s departure was "by way of mutual agreement and in the best interest of Sassa". Dlamini said the ANC had instructed her to work with the Post Office and she had alway...
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