Social grants court battle in nine classic quotes
'With due respect that is simply incomprehensible'
"I'm getting more and more frustrated the more I listen to you."– Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to Advocate Andrew Breitenbach SC‚ representing Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and Sassa "With due respect that is simply incomprehensible."– Advocate Geoff Budlender SC‚ representing Black Sash on Minister Dlamini's affidait supposedly explaining on her role in the grants debacle. “Let's cut to the chase. Your client wants more money; is that not what it really is?” – Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to Advocate Alfred Cockrell SC‚ representing CPS “I cannot enlighten you why the minister did not do her job.” – Advocate Andrew Breitenbach SC‚ representing Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini and Sassa "One seeks in vain [from] the minister… what she did‚ why she did it ‚ what she knew and why she did what she did."– Advocate Geoff Budlender SC‚ representing Black Sash “It sounds like [the minister] sat idly by and waited to be informed; why did she sit and wait to be...
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