R2K members protest outside SASSA Umlazi offices
An end to the secrecy and lies that stand to ruin the lives of the poorest of the poor. The Right2Know Campaign says that's the message they want to send out to our government.
The group held a protest at SASSA's office in Umlazi, south of Durban this morning - over the current grant payments crisis.
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There are fears the social security agency won't be able to facilitate the payment of social grants to 17 million beneficiaries on the 1st of April - after its contract with Cash Paymaster Services ends.
Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini, has repeatedly assured the country the money will be paid out on time.
But R2K's Ngazini Ngidi says they are not convinced that government has the matter under control as they would like the public to believe.
"Why did the department not do something? If they did something, what is it that they did? First things first for now, we want an a surety with full details our people will be paid on time. We don't feel that matter will have reached the end, because we still need the department to account for what they were doing over the period of these last two to three years," she said.
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