Deputy Speaker, we welcome all investigations into and revelations of fraud in these matters, and hope that people are charged if they commit fraud. However, we also want to ask the hon Minister what she is going to do about the fact that the North Gauteng High Court ruled yesterday that the R10 billion state social grant tender awarded by Sassa was in fact illegal, invalid and against the principles of the Constitution.
The judge also ruled that the chief executive officer and the winning bidder, Cash Paymaster, must pay the legal costs of the applicants, including the Absa-owned AllPay. There was a very serious concern with regard to this, in that people in the successful bidding consortium, who were very well connected politically, were, in fact, behind the scenes operating to cash in on one of the government tenders. The question is: What will the hon Minister do to clean up this mess, which is again emphasising concerns that the ordinary people have, that the state is used as a cash cow for corrupt people? Thank you.