Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini remains adamant that the controversial work streams that were hired to help the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) formulate a plan to take over the administration of social grants did not report directly to her. This was despite three former senior officials from her department insisting that she was controlling the work streams and that they were running parallel processes to Sassa. The officials — Dlamini’s former special adviser, Sipho Shezi; former social development director-general Zane Dangor; and former Sassa CEO Thokozani Magwaza — have laid the blame for the social grant crisis at the minister’s feet. "Explain why all three of these senior people would come to this hearing and lie about your involvement with the work streams," said advocate Geoff Budlender, appearing for the Black Sash. "Why would they all come here and say something which is not true?" Budlender was cross-examining Dlamini on the second day of the i...
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