LETTER: No regard for the poor
Grant payments fiasco a serious injury to the needy
Reading about the fiasco in the payment (or non-payment) of the nominal R350 special relief of distress grant to beneficiaries, I was again appalled by government/the SA Social Security Agency's apparent inability to effect payment to poor or indigent beneficiaries timeously (or at all).
The manner in which the distribution of this grant has been handled is shocking. The individuals responsible should be ashamed of themselves. While living in government-subsidised houses, driving subsidised vehicles and being able to enjoy three square meals daily, they fail to see that needy recipients of this grant rely on timely payment of the stipend for their survival...
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