Question NW639 to the Minister of Social Development
11 June 2020 - NW639
Arries, Ms LH to ask the Minister of Social Development
What is the role that her department has given municipal councillors in distributing food parcels during the national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Reply:
The Department has not given municipal councillors any role in distributing food parcels during the national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Department assigned Provincial, District and Local DSD officials and its Agencies to handle the food parcels distribution.