We have never failed grant recipients - Dlamini
14 March 2017
Cape Town - Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has accused opposition MPs of being "prophets of doom", saying her department has never failed grant recipients.
Dlamini told the House during a debate on the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) crisis that South Africans were being confused by opposition parties portraying themselves as "moral saviours".
"The opposition claims there is a crisis at Sassa. They must stop with their scare campaign, which has caused national anxiety," she told MPs on Tuesday.
"Social grants will be paid on April 1," she said to cheers from the public gallery.