'... those in positions of power redirected food parcels to their cronies, comrades, friends and relatives. Some even sell these food parcels,' analyst Solly Masilela said.
Children can be seen qeueing in the Munsieville township for meals cooked daily by the Sonders family, 7 May 2020, Krugersdorp. Ingredients and food parcels are sponsored by African Lighthouse and is then prepared and handed out to the Munsieville community. Picture: Jacques Nelles
Independent political and socioeconomic analyst Solly Masilela said the ruling party could not afford the widespread reports of its councillors and officials stealing food parcels meant for the destitute. The politics of patronage, rent seeking, cronyism and corruption had taken hold of the party and that those involved would stop at nothing, even stealing from the dying.
“They end up in spaza shops or in the homes of officials or senior party members who already have means to survive. So this is not new, it is just that it exposes the extent of the rot because there is too much desperation,” the official said.
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