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Fear and hunger: 7 million set to rush retailers for child grants

06 May 2020 - 06:05 By Graeme Hosken
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Social grants recipients queue to collect their their grant money in Soshanguve near Pretoria in Tshwane.
Social grants recipients queue to collect their their grant money in Soshanguve near Pretoria in Tshwane.
Image: ALAISTER RUSSELL

Seven million desperate and fearful child caregivers, whose starving families depend on government social grants for survival, are expected to descend on retailers en masse on Wednesday.

The driving force, warn NGOs and food rights advocacy groups, is fear.

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