JOHANNESBURG - Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said on Monday the department was still experiencing problems with the payment and administration of the special COVID-19 social relief grant.Zulu said the slow processing of the special COVID-19 grant was due to various problems such as bank accounts that have not been verified and declined applications.
So far, the department has paid over R1.2 billion and these payments were all for applicants who applied in May.“Work is currently under way to develop a recourse mechanism, which will attend to the complaints raised while not extending the life span of this intervention.” Government set aside over R50 billion for the relief fund but only for a limited period, which started from May and ends in October.
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