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The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has invited the Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, to give the National Treasury’s side of the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) debacle.

Immediately after today’s meeting with the Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, members of Scopa had a brief meeting where it was decided that an urgent call be made for the Minister of Finance to appear before Scopa next week Tuesday (14 March 2017) to explain the National Treasury’s role and observations of how things unfolded in Sassa subsequent to the Constitutional Court ruling until now.

Scopa would like the Minister of Finance to clarify the National Treasury’s position and understanding of the current contract negotiations with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) and to confirm and assure the public that social grants will be paid on 1 April 2017.

Scopa has already dispatched a letter of invitation to the Minister of Finance.

Issued by Parliamentary Communication Services on behalf of the Chairperson of Scopa, Mr Themba Godi