Sowetan spoke to three pensioners from Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, who missed out on food parcels which were part of government's relief efforts during the lockdown.
The three pensioners said they were forced to borrow again from the mashonisa to be able to buy groceries. "It's now difficult for me to register for these food parcels because I don't have my ID with me because... I was desperate to put food on the table [and went to a mashonisa]."
If government stops stealing. Gupta and our mshiniwam they ripped our economy of a trillion rand that was meant for housing food water sanitation but no one cared everyone said so what.well that was the money needed now.
Those loan sharks won't see Heaven shame
Where is their pension money?
But that has happening for many years now because of poverty people have been subjected to.
Most people's grants will go to money lenders anyway, the anc is killing the poor with their corruption
The Cuban doctors have nothing to do with stolen food parcels by disgraced ANC councillors, their presence is here is for a good cause at least we know where the money is going to this time, unlike millions that end up in car boots and in bags
Where are the food parcels and why are people not getting them
I've come to realise that we grand kids we are the one's to be blamed for our Elders suffering because we are dependent on their social grants.
Very sad, these are the realities of our vulnerable population, what is the next step,
Money that the Cubans are collecting could have went to people like our seniors citizens ...our doctors who are working hard ..family would have loved a more money ..