There are too few Sassa footprints in this country. There is only one regional office in each province and an inefficient number of district and local offices, resulting in large transport costs for rural and township citizens who need to consult. These citizens are mostly poor and unemployed.
We suggest the following solutions: Each and every ward in the country must have Sassa offices - if you want to tell a good story. As South Africa is bedevilled by crisis levels of poverty and access to basic services, it needs an urgent programme to deliver quality and sustainable services. Listen carefully: The EFF's approach to the delivery of basic services to the people is that it should be labour-absorbing and should produce quality products, goods and services. I hope you hear me very well. [Interjections.]
The EFF believes that social grants are an important aspect of bringing the poorest of the poor up to the same level of economic participation. The EFF says that we should introduce a system that would link social grants to development. We say further that education and training opportunities for women who receive child support grants ...