No-show MPs will have to pay the costs
Parliament is clamping down on MPs who don't turn up for public hearings and oversight visits that have already been paid for, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of rands.
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Parliament is clamping down on MPs who don't turn up for public hearings and oversight visits that have already been paid for, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of rands.
The DA on Tuesday lodged an urgent complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu together with her department, Sassa and Postbank.
The South African Human Rights Commission is mulling over several rights violation complaints levelled against social development minister Lindiwe Zulu and Postbank over the grant payments delay debacle.
The Democratic Alliance stormed into the SAHRC office in Johannesburg,in response to the recent SASSA payment debacles.
The DA says these ongoing failures have resulted in an alarming human rights violation, with mothers being compelled to abandon their babies.