North West Acting Premier Raymond Elisha was outraged and disappointed that pensioners had to queue the whole day before they finally received their old age social grants from South African State Security Agency (SASSA) on Thursday evening.
Acting Premier Elisha observed unacceptable delays which were said to have been caused by shortage of cash which had to be augmented with two deliveries after his intervention during routine monitoring when he visited the pay point in Khuma township near Stilfontein on Thursday morning.
“Social grant payments need to be planned and executed in such a manner that they do not undermine the dignity of beneficiaries. We hope that the inconvenience that our aged experienced would not reoccur anywhere else and apologies profoundly that beneficiaries experienced unacceptable levels of service,” emphasised Elisha.
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