Sassa payment queues will be the death of us during this pandemic
Instead of using any number of available payment technologies, the most vulnerable, cheek by jowl, are our coronavirus killing fields
12 May 2020 - 14:36
I fumed as I watched on television as about 3-million pensioners queued for their pensions. Videos circulate of rural towns such as Lusikisiki in Transkei, and township malls packed with pensioners, check by jowl for hours at a time. News channels report pensioners sleeping overnight in such queues.
My brother in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, filmed 3km queues at Tugela Ferry and Greytown. The police stopped him for not wearing a mask in his car! This is a ticking time bomb. Month-end June, July and August are coming. Mid-winter, flu season. ..
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