COURT REPORT
Transition to new grant payments system hopeless, says panel
The South African Social Security Agency’s (Sassa’s) repeated failure to take decisions and execute actions required in terms of the Constitutional Court’s order of March 17 makes a smooth transition of the social grant distribution by April 1 virtually impossible, says the court-appointed expert panel. In its second report, submitted to the court on November 16, the panel said that, with a few exceptions, the senior leadership at Sassa responsible for driving the process, "does not seem to have the required knowledge, experience or skills, or even the will, to execute the Sassa mandate to ensure the efficient and effective management, administration and payment of social assistance". It has recommended that the Treasury investigate the conduct of Sassa employees and Department of Social Development officials "in relation to all actions undertaken since 2016 to issue contracts to service providers or to give effect to the court order of 17 March 2017". The panel wants the Treasury t...
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