Kugxekwe uSASSA ngokukhokhela izipoki

ISouth African Social Security Agency (Sassa) isolwa ngokumosha imali yabakhokhi bentela ngokukhokhela izigidi zamarandi kulabo abahola izibonelelo zikahulumeni abashona eminyakeni emithathu edlule.

Ngokusho kukaNgqongqoshe wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi, uNksz Lindiwe Zulu, bangu-75 000 abantu asebashona abahlomulile, bahlomula izibonelelo ezihlanganisa u-R140-million phakathi kuka-2021 no-2023. Lokhu kuvezwe ngoNgqongqoshe ngesikhathi ephendula umbuzo weDemocratic Alliance (DA) ePhalamende.

UZulu uthe lezi zinkokhelo zenziwa ngenxa yokubambezeleka kokuvuselelwa kwamarekhodi okufa kwabahlomula kusizindalwazi sakwaSassa. Uthe le nhlangano isebenzisana noMnyango wezaseKhaya ukwenza ngcono ukuqinisekiswa kwesimo sabahlomuli kanye nokunqanda ukukhwabanisa. Uphinde wathi abakwaSassa bathole u-R34.6-million kuma-akhawunti asebhange abashonile kanti basezinhlelweni zokubuyisa leyo mali esele.

I-DA igxeke uZulu ngokuphathwa budlabha “okushaqisayo” “nokungamukeleki” kwezimali zomphakathi. Okhulumela leli qembu kwezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi, uMnuz Bridget Masango, uthe ukukhokhelwa kwabahlomuli abashonile kukhombisa ukungakwazi ukusebenza kweSassa kanye nenkohlakalo enuka phu kulomnyango.

UMasango uthe iDA ifuna ukuthi kwenziwe uphenyo olugcwele ngalolu daba bese ithwesa uZulu icala ngokumosha imali. Uthe le mali ibingasetshenziselwa ukusiza izigidi zabantu baseNingizimu Afrika abadonsa kanzima ngenxa yobhubhane lweCovid-19 kanye nenkinga yomnotho.

“I-Sassa kumele ilungise ngokushesha izinhlelo zayo kanye nezinqubo zokuqinisekisa ukuthi isenti ngalinye lesabelomali sesibonelelo sikahulumeni lisetshenziswa kulabo okumele bahlomule hhayi kwabangasekho noma abakhohlakele,” kusho uMasango.