Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said that the slow processing of the special COVID-19 grant was due to various problems such as bank accounts that had not been verified and declined applications.
JOHANNESBURG - Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said that they were still experiencing problems with the payment and administration of the special COVID-19 social relief grant.
So far, the department has paid over R1.2 billion and these payments were all for applicants who applied in May.
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