The Constitutional Court has once again asked former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini to motivate why she should not be held personally liable for the recent social grants debacle which saw the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) again asking for an extension of an illegal contract. The top court on Friday granted a further six-month extension of Sassa’s contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) for the administration of cash payments of social grants to 2.5-million beneficiaries. Part of the order was an instruction for Dlamini and acting Sassa CEO Pearl Bhengu to file affidavits with the court by April 16 motivating why they should not be joined to proceedings in their personal capacity and pay the costs themselves. This comes as Dlamini is already facing an inquiry on why she should not be held personally liable for the social grants fiasco, which resulted in the court having to extend the Sassa contract with CPS. Dlamini was removed as social development ...
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