Two people have died in incidents linked to social grant collections on Monday.
One person died in Hammersdale, KwaZulu-Natal, while waiting in a queue to receive their social grant. The other died in Pimville, Johannesburg, while in a taxi en route to a pay point.
“We know that the one person in Pimville didn’t even sit in any queue because she collapsed as she got out of the taxi, which means there might have been issues before she got there,” social development minister Lindiwe Zulu told eNCA.
She said the person from KZN was sitting close to the queue when she collapsed.
Zulu said they would not release all the information regarding the deaths until they have been informed by doctors of the causes.