The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)'s Liezel van der Merwe has called for the house to discuss what steps are being taken to address the payment of grants from the first of April.
On Tuesday morning, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan told Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts that a joint task team of ministers dealing with the social grants situation had a clear process to follow to find a longer term and legal way to pay beneficiaries.
“Firstly, how do we make sure payment happens on 1 April? Secondly, set up a negotiating process for whatever way forward is determined through the deviation process, and thirdly, to ensure what’s the most appropriate model. That appropriate model must consider all of the options that the honourable members have mentioned.”
