EDITORIAL: Sassa pathetic in performing a really essential service
Agency will return to work with increased capacity, but those who needed help were left out in the cold for months
01 June 2020 - 05:02
The national lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 has brought the SA economy to its knees. This has resulted in millions more people finding themselves having to rely on the state for social relief.
Before the pandemic took hold, about 18-million South Africans were receiving a social grant of some kind. Now, with the economy having been shut and millions of workers left without an income for the past eight weeks, that number has grown. ..
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