Minister Dlamini must be suspended pending further investigation into dodgy CPS deal
15 December 2016
The Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, must be suspended immediately, pending a full investigation into allegations that the invalid contract, awarded to Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) to distribute social grants to 17 million vulnerable South Africans benefitted her friends.
Today’s AmaBhungane report, published on Daily Maverick, exposes an unbelievable web of brazenly corrupt dealings, involving politically connected middlemen, fake BEE contracts and brazenly dishonest government officials.
At the centre of this web is a close friend of Minister Dlamini’s, Lunga Ncwana, who rose to infamy when he funnelled political payments from Brett Kebble to the ANC.
Essentially, CPS director, Serge Belamant, used front BEE partners to win the contract and then, using money received from SASSA, replaced these front partners with businessman, Brian Mosehla, who pocketed an astounding R83 million from the CPS deal.