Grants scam uncovered: Dlamini

[LazyLion]

Legal action is being considered against Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) over an alleged scam, Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini said on Thursday.

"We are going to meet the lawyers and see what other possible means we can use to ensure that we move forward," she told SABC radio news.

CPS was allegedly deducting money from grant beneficiaries illegally. The legal action included possibly terminating the multi-billion rand grants distribution contract.

Some of the deductions left pensioners receiving only a few rand at the end of each month.

On August 29, Dlamini said there was nothing corrupt about the SA Social Security Agency's R10 billion grants tender to CPS.

The tender would stand despite a ruling on August 28, by the High Court in Johannesburg, that the awarding of the contract was illegal and invalid. The court, however, did not set aside the tender to provide grants to 10 million South Africans.

Dlamini said irregularities identified in the awarding of the tender were technical and administrative in nature.


Source : Sapa /dm/hdw/th/aa
Date : 17 Oct 2013 15:40

 

[LazyLion]

days and years go by and the corruption and theft piles up to monumental proportions...

 

[MKFrost]

This is so typical....

On August 29, Dlamini said there was nothing corrupt about the SA Social Security Agency's R10 billion grants tender to CPS.

then

The tender would stand despite a ruling on August 28, by the High Court in Johannesburg, that the awarding of the contract was illegal and invalid.

So nothing corrupt about it but its illegal and invalid.

Yet it will remain in place because who the hell are the courts to decide whats right and whats wrong....

Essentially he is saying that the courts should not interfere with the gravy train in any way, just help it along i.e. like with e-tolls....

 

[Hemi300c]

The courts have no power anymore.