NATIONAL NEWS - Minister of Women Bathabile Dlamini may yet be forced to pay a lot of money in her personal capacity for legal costs incurred during her time as minister of social development.
This follows two Constitutional Court (ConCourt) orders over the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) debacle.
In March 2017, Dlamini was ordered by the court to show why she should not be joined to and pay the costs of the matter between Black Sash Trust and Freedom Under Law and Dlamini.
In the matter between Sassa, the CEO of Sassa and Dlamini, the minister and acting Sassa CEO Pearl Bhengu were supposed to submit their statements by yesterday.
According to Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi, Bhengu had submitted her statement. However, he was unable to speak for Dlamini.
And nor was anyone else. Calls to the department of women were deflected to social development as “that happened during her time there”, according to a spokesperson.
Bathabile may be forced to foot her own costly legal bill Amanda Watson
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