The minister says they must assist in directing NPOs and NGOs to exactly where the Covid-19 relief is needed.
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has said that no ward councillor should be found distributing food parcels during the lockdown.
Of the three spheres of government, national, provincial and local, the latter is “closer to the people”, which better positions ward councillors to assist in the delivery of Covid-19 relief, the minister said. “They must assist us in directing the NPOs and NGOs where exactly the need is in the main,” Zulu said.
She said again that councillors must avoid, “at all costs”, being “physically” involved in the distribution of food.
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