SASSA payments disputed by beneficiaries. Photo: DA/web
SASSA grants still not paid, despite Minister’s claims
The DA says Minister Gungubele should apologise to still affected SASSA beneficiaries for trying to sweep their plight under the carpet.
SASSA payments disputed by beneficiaries. Photo: DA/web
Despite the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Mondli Gungubele’s claims that all the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) grant beneficiaries have now been paid, there are still many recipients who dispute this fact, a disappointed Bridget Masango MP, DA Shadow Minister of Social Development revealed.
SASSA BENEFICIARIES CONTINUE TO SUFFER WITOUT GRANTS
In the media briefing this afternoon, which Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu failed to attend despite committing to do so, Minister Gungubele had the opportunity to take the public into his confidence and address the Postbank’s grant payment failure head-on. “Instead, he decided to attack an eNCA journalist for revealing the truth that SASSA grant beneficiaries were being told to return to payment points at a later date to receive either their full grants or portions of their funds,” Masango relived the briefing.
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“This morning eNCA was also denied access to report on the SASSA payment crisis from the premises of the Lenasia Post Office. The ANC government’s arrogance was on full display while poor and vulnerable grant beneficiaries have yet again spent funds they didn’t have only to return home empty-handed,” she lamented.
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DA SHADOW MINISTER TO CONTINUE OBSERVING PROGRESS
Masango vowed that the DA will keep a close eye on the next bout of grant payments set to take place in 2 weeks to see whether the Postbank’s promises that all technical issues have been solved bear out.
“In the meantime, Minister Gungubele should apologise to still affected beneficiaries for trying to sweep their plight under the carpet,” she urged.
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DA REPORTS MINISTER LINDIWE ZULU OVER SASSA DEBACLE
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, 19 September 2023, the DA lodged an urgent complaint at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, the Department of Social Development as well as the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and Postbank for their part in the ongoing social grant payment failures.
This is a developing story.
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