Social grant beneficiaries in Pietermaritzburg returned home on Monday without receiving their old age pension grant.
Ntombikayise Mhlongo said she was told by a post office employee to come back on Tuesday. The 72-year-old from Imbali said she and other beneficiaries started queueing outside the post office at 4am.
Another beneficiary, Moses Mahlangu from Elandskop, said that he had to hire a van to transport his wheelchair to the post office. He arrived early hoping to avoid long queues but by noon he was still waiting in line.
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