WATCH: Beneficiaries fear Covid-19 as they queued in large groups
The Citizen spoke to welfare beneficiaries in Dobsonville who received their social grant from social security agency Sassa.
JMPD officer Tebogo Shabalala helps gogo Xaba at the Sassa paypoint at Aexandra Plaza in Johannesburg, 30 March 2020. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
The beneficiaries explained that it was of high importance for them to collect their grant, despite Covid-19, as they had grandchildren at home to feed.
“I am scared of contracting the virus while standing in this long queue, but because the situation at home is bad, I have no choice but to go through it,” said Gugu Khumalo, a Sassa beneficiary who also said she had be in the queue for about three hours.
Video: Carlos Muchave
