Question NW638 to the Minister of Social Development
20 July 2020 - NW638
Arries, Ms LH to ask the Minister of Social Development
What measures has she put in place to enable the SA Social Security Agency to continue receiving applications during the national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Reply:
During the period in question, measures were put in place to ensure that the provision of essential services in particular, such payment of social grants, as well as the provision of social relief of distress in the form of food parcels continued uninterrupted.