Chaos outside Cape Sassa offices
Jan 17, 2021
3 minutes
NATHAN ADAMS nathan.adams@inl.co.za
SOCIAL Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says it was painful to watch police using water cannons on crowds waiting for grant payouts in Cape Town in the Western Cape.
Zulu has admitted she watched as the police used water cannons on the elderly and people with disabilities outside Sassa office in Bellville on Friday.
It was “painful” to watch but the police had no other choice, said Zulu, who has come under fire for the “mishandling” of temporary disability grants which were stopped at the end of December.
The DA wants
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