Bathabile Dlamini and SASSA CEO face deadline to explain why they shouldn't be held liable for grants extension
16 April 2018
Embattled Minister in the Presidency for women Bathabile Dlamini and SASSA acting CEO Pearl Bhengu have been given until Monday to explain why they should not foot the bill for the CPS contract extension.
Last month, the Constitutional Court gave Dlamini and Bhengu until Monday to explain, via affidavits, why they should be held personally liable to foot the bill for the extension of the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract to continue distributing social grants.
The Constitutional Court granted SASSA an application to allow CPS to continue distributing the grants by another six months.
Despite granting the extension, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng wanted to know why SASSA only approached the court in February and not in December 2017, when they were aware that an extension would be necessary.