Opinion & Analysis

EDITORIAL | Social development should be the people’s protector, not their persecutor

Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu is completely out of touch with the demands and requirements of her portfolio

07 November 2022 - 20:22

A long queue of pensioners stand outside a shopping centre, not a chair in sight. Their only explanation for an hours-long delay in receiving their social grant is that the money has not yet arrived. It is a pattern that will be repeated in the days that follow...

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