Deputy Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes with utmost discomfort reports of senior citizens and people with disabilities who sleep on the pavement outside the SA Social Security Agency, SASSA, offices in the Cape Flats townships from as early as 6am in order to be able to stand a chance of being assisted with their applications for social grants, due to staff shortages;
2) takes this opportunity to call on the Minister of Social Development to intervene immediately; and 3) further calls on the Minister to ensure that the offices stop the discriminatory practice of using designated days for certain applications and that a special help desk be set up immediately to assist senior citizens and people with disabilities.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.