Zulu to make executive statement on social relief in Parliament

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Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu will make an executive statement on the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Parliament next Thursday.

Cape Town - This is despite Zulu set to deliver her adjustment budget vote on Friday.

ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina said the executive statement was to unpack fully the issues that were affecting communities in terms of the social relief.Majodina said the request for the executive statement was made before the mini-plenaries for budget votes got underway.EFF MP Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi said there were so many departments that wanted to make executive statements.

"We really need the minister to talk to the nation to get a sense of what is happening and how they are to deal with such situations. I know it is up to the ministers to make a request," she said, adding that MPs needed to be clarified by departments on those issues affecting their constituencies. She said in order to deal with the non-payment of UIF and businesses crashing, it gave them a whole basket of things which should be dealt with by the Social Development Department.

 

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