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The Democratic Alliance (DA) has rejected the South African Social Security Agency's (Sassa) requirement for R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant recipients to own a smartphone to access their electronic fund transfer (EFT) option.
"Instead of doing their all to make access to grants easier, Sassa continuously leaves beneficiaries in the lurch through all manner of obstacles," said DA MP and shadow social development minister Bridget Masango.
Almost all opposition parties disagreed with key amendments in the Children’s Amendment Bill which deal with the issue of foster care.
Presenter John Maytham chats to Bridget Masango, the DA's spokesperson on social development.
According to the figures supplied, the North West is the only province that showed a significant decrease in the number of child deaths due to severe malnutrition.