Opposition parties have called on social development minister Lindiwe Zulu to apologise and resign over her department's response to Covid-19.
“This tested our systems as much as it stretched them. The department and its entities are continuously extending themselves and reaching out to the sectors that we are serving, potential partners and communities,” she said.
This number, Zulu said represented those that were found to be eligible and whose information has been verified by various databases. Zulu said in this regard, payments for the months of June and July — a combined R700, based on two monthly payments of R350 — and about 1 million applicants in this category of applicants are receiving their payments.
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