Cape Town - Former social development Minister Bathabile Dlamini will find out on Thursday if she is personally liable for the costs related to a court application to rescue Sassa.
The Constitutional Court will rule on costs in terms of section 38 of the Superior Courts Act, and consider her role and responsibilities which have seen Sassa lodge court cases.
The court ruled last month that former Sassa CEO Pearl Bhengu and Sassa should bear the costs for an urgent application to extend the agency's contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS).
The judgment exonerated Dlamini, by ruling that she was not negligent and did not act in bad faith when she extended Sassa’s contract with CPS in February.
Last year March, Sassa approached the court to request for an extension on the CPS contract. The agency claimed that it would be able to pay grants without the company.
It, however, failed to pay grants without CPS and approached the court again for another extension.
Dlamini may not be off the hook yet as the court is yet to decide on whether Dlamini should be held liable for costs arising from the first request for an extension of CPS contract.