'They said we must come back tomorrow, where will we get money to come back? We don't have any,' said a man, 60, who had been queuing since 5am.
Photo for illustration. Sassa beneficiaries queue outside Jabulani Mall, Soweto, 4 May 2020, for their grants, some were asked to come back the following day as queues were too long for processing. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
Elderly people, over the age of 60, arrived in the Johannesburg CBD as early as 04.30am to take their place in the line, without any physical distancing observed. He said there was no communication about whether they should stay in the line or go home. They had been told Sassa would only assist 80 people.“We are just standing here in case we are going to be helped,” he added.
“They said we must come back tomorrow, where will we get money to come back? We don’t have any,” he said. “The line has only moved once [since this morning] and now they are telling us to go back home – how can they say that? Faeces on the pavement compelled police members to move the elderly onto the edge, but this made little difference to those who had stood in the same spot for hours.
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