🇿🇦 South Africa 1d ago · Ray Leathern

Billions in SASSA underspend declared while elderly suffer

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Billions in SASSA underspend declared while elderly suffer
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It’s perhaps no wonder that a near-R5-billion SASSA underspend was declared in parliament last week. Department of Social Development (DSD) officials told the parliamentary portfolio committee on welfare that it did not disburse all the money available to it. Meanwhile, legitimate beneficiaries suffer each month, unable to make ends meet …



As mentioned, the billions in SASSA underspend is to be expected in a department in turmoil. The DSD has no permanent minister right now, following Sisisi

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