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In 2018, the Constitutional Court handed down a personal costs order against Bathabile Dlamini over her handling of the appointment of a social grants distributor.
Dlamini had failed to pay a 20% portion of the legal costs incurred by the Black Sash Trust and Freedom Under Law in bringing the case against her.
The organisations say they have received confirmation that Dlamini has settled a bill of more than R600 000.
Former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini has paid the personal costs order handed down against her by the Constitutional Court, the groups who took her to court announced on Thursday.
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According to Freedom Under Law executive officer Nicole Fritz, the money was paid through lawyers.
Former minister of social development Bathabile Dlamini has paid the personal court order granted against her by the Constitutional Court.
The apex court ruled in 2018 that Dlamini should pay R55,000 to the Black Sash and about R600,000 to Freedom Under Law (FUL).
Speaking to Mandy Wiener on The Midday Report, Freedom Under Law executive officer Nicole Fritz confirms the money was paid.
We do know that payment was paid and it goes to show that while this has been a long time coming, these types of orders holding someone accountable such as senior office bearers have real purpose and real meaning.
Bathabile Dlamini pays R650 000 for her role in social grants crisis
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Pretoria - Former minister of social development Bathabile Dlamini has paid the costs awarded against her personally following a ruling made in this regard by the Constitutional Court in 2018 for her role in the social grants crisis.
The Centre for Applied Legal Studies (Cals) which represented the Black Sash Trust and others during the legal battle, confirmed that the former minister had paid R650 000 in total - her 20% portion of the legal costs which the Constitutional Court at the time said she was personally liable for.
She was ordered to pay a portion of the costs of litigation brought by civil society organisations in an effort to protect the social grants system.
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Bathabile Dlamini has finally paid a R650 000 personal cost order against her.
In September 2018, the Constitutional Court ordered the former Social Development Minister to pay a portion of the legal costs in a case relating to the social grants payment system.
The court ruled that Dlamini had failed to carry out her duties as a minister, calling her behaviour âreckless and grossly negligentâ and ordered her to pay the Black Sash Trust and Freedom Under Law out of her own pocket.
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