Deputy Minister, thank you for your response today. I would like to say that we support this reregistration process, considering the reasons given, and therefore I thank you.
There is one complaint we have that we would like the Deputy Minister to clarify. People from KwaZulu-Natal who went to register for social grants for the first time were sent back because they were told that the department was busy with the reregistration process. I would like to get an explanation in that regard because to my knowledge, when we discussed this, as a committee ...]
... it was said that no other activities that are done by Sassa will be affected by the reregistration. Thank you.
IPHINI LIKANGQONGQOSHE WEZOKUTHUTHUKISWA KOMPHAKATHI: Ngibonge kakhulu Lungu eliHloniphekile, ngempela kunjalo, akufanele ukuthi kube khona okuphazamisekayo ezikhungweni zokuholela, njengoba bengishilo nayizolo ukuthi akusizo zonke izifundazwe ezithikamezekile.
Bengishilo ukuthi lapha sikhuluma ngeGauteng, ingxenye ethile yeMpumalanga Kapa ingxenye ethile yeNtshonalanga Kapa, iMpumalanga kanye neFreyistasta. Lezi zifundazwe engingazibalanga angeke zithikamezeke. Ngamanye amagama kusafuneka uma kuvela izinto ezinjengalezi - njengoba sengininikeze nenombolo okufanele niyishayele - ihhovisi lami lihlezi livuliwe njengoba ngihlezi ngisho ukuthi wozani nizosho uma kukhona okonakalayo ezindaweni, sisheshe siphuthume ngoba ziningi nezigebengu; zikhona kubasebenzi kanjalo nakubantu abathatha imali kahulumeni ngokungemthetho. Ngicela ukuthi impela sibambisane kulokhu. (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[The DEPUTY MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: Thank you very much, hon member. It is indeed true: There must be no interruptions at the pay points. I said yesterday that not all provinces are going to be interrupted.
I did mention that we are talking about Gauteng, some parts of the Eastern Cape, the Western Cape, Mpumalanga and the Free State. The provinces that I did not mention here are not going to be interrupted. In other words, when such things happen - I have given you the numbers that you can call - my office is always open, so come and report it to me so that we can attend to that quickly because there are so many criminals; they are among the workers and the people who take government's money illegally. I am asking that we co-operate in this regard.]