Bathabile Dlamini lied to Constitutional Court to avoid liability, says Budlender
‘She knew the Constitutional Court might say that you’re the person responsible. So … she obscured — in fact lied — about her role in the work streams’
Advocate Geoff Budlender‚ representing Black Sash‚ said former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini wanted to "avoid personal liability" by "lying" to the Constitutional Court. This was heard on Monday in the closing arguments of an inquiry into Dlamini’s personal role in the social grants crisis. The inquiry was ordered by the Constitutional Court last year and the closing arguments took place at the Office of the Chief Justice in Midrand on Monday. Budlender was referring to the so-called work streams Dlamini established. These work streams were the teams that were supposed to work on getting the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to take over the payment of social grants from a private company called Cash Paymaster Services (CPS). The Constitutional Court found that the contract with CPS was unlawful‚ but granted an extension of the contract so that the payments to social grant beneficiaries would not be interrupted. However‚ the Constitutional Court also order...
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