At the heart of the Sassa tragedy is the devastating physical, emotional and psychological toll it has taken, especially on pensioners and disability beneficiaries. Ebrahim Harvey reflects on three big questions around the crisis.
The elderly and those with disability grants were affected by a 'glitch' which prevented the payment of Sassa grants.At the heart of the Sassa tragedy is the devastating physical, emotional and psychological toll it has taken, especially on pensioners and disability beneficiaries.
I regard the recent South African Social Security Agency debacle as the worst form of human indignity, disrespect and social injustice poor people have had to endure since 1994. There is nothing I know of which has demeaned, hurt and insulted poor people more than the horrors of what social grant beneficiaries have had to endure over the past few weeks. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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