Chief justice exasperated by Sassa, Dlamini's incompetence
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Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was at a loss for words on Wednesday regarding how Sassa and Minister Bathabile Dlamini could have allowed the social grants payment issue to become such a debacle.
A frustrated Mogoeng Mogoeng repeatedly pressed Andrew Breitenbach, for Dlamini and the SA Social Security Agency, in the Constitutional Court for answers about why Dlamini did nothing when she learnt that Sassa would not be able to pay grants on its own once its contract with CPS expires on March 31. Breitenbach said there was nothing in his papers he could submit by way of an answer. He said his clients would agree to an order that Sassa and CPS continue their existing contract for 18 months, and on the same terms as the one negotiated in 2012.
Mogoeng said the matter was embarrassing.
Judgment is set to be delivered in the next few days.
A frustrated Mogoeng Mogoeng repeatedly pressed Andrew Breitenbach, for Dlamini and the SA Social Security Agency, in the Constitutional Court for answers about why Dlamini did nothing when she learnt that Sassa would not be able to pay grants on its own once its contract with CPS expires on March 31. Breitenbach said there was nothing in his papers he could submit by way of an answer. He said his clients would agree to an order that Sassa and CPS continue their existing contract for 18 months, and on the same terms as the one negotiated in 2012.
Mogoeng said the matter was embarrassing.
Judgment is set to be delivered in the next few days.
