ANN CROTTY: Accountability, at last, for Sassa?
Court-appointed panel shows strong grasp of all issues
Often, when government wants to stop public interrogation of a controversial issue, it appoints a commission of enquiry. That effectively ends the public’s involvement. From then on, every time someone remembers to ask, we’re told not to worry — it will be dealt with appropriately by the members of the commission. The weeks drift into months and years, and we inevitably forget to check for an outcome because we’ve been inundated with so many more controversial scandals. The good news is that the constitutional court doesn’t work with this template. Prompted by civil society organisations and a pending crisis, it appointed a panel of experts to look into the critical and valuable contract to distribute social grants.
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