ANDILE KHUMALO: Sense trumps Bathabile’s silliness in grants saga
What a royal waste of time and money
Sanity has finally prevailed. The Treasury and parliament have resolved that the Post Office and the South African Social Security Agency must work together to ensure that grants are paid come the end of March next year. But was all of this drama necessary? Why was Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini so hell-bent on not having our very own Post Office pay out the grants? What was behind her resolute, earnest and tireless effort to see CPS continue with the contract? Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane's letter to the acting CEO of Sassa that was leaked to the media this week revealed the sheer commitment from the minister in ensuring that a Post Office collaboration did not see light of day. In May a meeting was held between Sassa executives and managers as well as the minister's chief of staff with the Post Office. The outcome was a resolution by all that "SAPO has the ability and capacity to take over from CPS. SAPO also indicated its willingness to collaborate on a...
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