TMG Digital reports that according to trade union Numsa, the brewing crisis surrounding the grant payment system at the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) is further proof that the ANC government hates the poor and the working class.  

National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) general secretary Irvin Jim commented:  “The Department of Social Development which is tasked with taking care of the most vulnerable members of society is showing us that it simply doesn't care about the majority of the people in our country…  The crisis is self-made and it seems clear to us as Numsa that this was intentional.”  Jim went on to say:  “First of all the minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini must be removed immediately‚ and Dlamini together with senior officials must be criminally investigated to establish whether the delay in awarding a service provider was indeed deliberate‚ as reported by several media houses.”

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