In a statement on Friday, DA MP Bridget Masango said it was shameful that only 10 people had so far received the R350 unemployment grant announced weeks earlier by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Masango said Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu and the South African Social Security Agency CEO, Busisiwe Memela-Khambula, “should hang their heads in shame following reports that only 10 people have received the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant of R350”.
Ramaphosa had announced that the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant of R350 a month would last for the next six months and be paid to individuals who were currently unemployed and did not receive any other form of social grant or UIF payment. “It is ridiculous that only 10 people have received this grant and no amount of spin will justify this mammoth failure on the part of Minister Zulu and CEO Memela-Khambula.”
Meanwhile, the DA won a pre-emptive shot against Zulu in the Western Cape High Court on Friday when the courtthat government could be allowed to prevent people from exercising their existing rights to distribute and receive food.
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