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Beneficiaries have been sleeping outside the Sassa office in Raisethorpe, Pietermaritzburg hoping to get a place close to the front of the queue to renew their lapsed disability grants.
PHOTO: Nompendulo Ngubane/GroundUp
Scores of social grant beneficiaries have been sleeping outside the
South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) office in Raisethorpe,
Pietermaritzburg for nearly two weeks, hoping to get a place close to the front
of the queue, GroundUp reported.
Most of the people seen outside the office on Monday were elderly and
had blankets wrapped around them after spending the night outside.
At about 11:00, a group started complaining that despite their long
wait, they had still not been assisted because a restricted number of people
were being allowed into the facility at a time.
Ntombemhlophe Ndlovu from Howick said she slept with other beneficiaries
outside the offices on cardboard boxes on Sunday night.
The 58-year-old said she has stage four cancer, but despite being the
closest to the front of the queue, she was told officials would not assist her
because she did not have an ID.
She said:
I’m wearing a nappy and have a pipe that helps me when I have to relieve myself. I have to renew my grant after it lapsed in January. My ID got lost and I had hoped that when I came with a certified ID copy they would assist me. Now I have to borrow money so that I can get a temporary ID. In my condition, I don’t know if I will manage another queue at Home Affairs offices.
The Raisethorpe office services people from Woodlands, Northdale,
Allandale, Copesville, Swapo A and B and other surrounding areas.
‘No money for transport or food’
Hlengiwe Mkhize from Cinderella Park said she joined the queue at 05:30,
and by noon was hungry and tired.
Mkhize said:
By the time I arrived, the queue was already long. I’m here to renew my disability grant which lapsed in November. I’m diabetic and on medication. People that have been called inside take forever to come out. There’s still many of us who are waiting to just get a date to come back and see the doctor for the renewal of the grants.
Johannes Mthandazi from Swapo B said he was at the offices to enquire
about his grant money that he had not received for two months last year. He
said he arrived at the offices at 04:00.
Mthandazi said:
There are no chairs or toilets here and we are tired and hungry. Other people have gone home because it is clear that they won’t get help today. Some of us have to wait, if we have to sleep here we will do so. We have no money for transport or food. All we have to do is wait.
Sassa provincial spokesperson Sandy Godlwana said the department was
aware of the influx of beneficiaries to its offices. She said it was largely
due to staff shortages and strict Covid-19 restrictions.
Godlwana said only six people were on duty at Raisethorpe.
“The office is working on a schedule because some staff members are
sick. The department has also made announcements using different media
platforms to inform beneficiaries on dates of renewal for different grants.
Sassa has been affected by the pandemic, but we are trying to keep our offices
accessible to the people,” said Godlwana.
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Former president Jacob Zuma leaves the Zondo commission.
PHOTO: Gallo Images/Sowetan/Thulani Mbele
The judicial commission of inquiry into state capture has warned former president Jacob Zuma that he must appear before it next week, regardless of whether the Constitutional Court has ruled on its urgent bid to compel him to answer questions about his nine years in office.
“The commission wishes to make it clear to you that, even if the court has not handed down its judgment by 18 January 2021, you are obliged to comply with the summons and appear before it because the summons remains valid and binding on you since it has not been withdrawn, set aside or suspended,” the commission’s secretary, Itumeleng Mosala, wrote to Zuma on Monday.
Mosala wrote:
Therefore, the commission wishes to make it clear to you that any failure on your part, without sufficient cause, to appear before it [from] 18 to 22 January 2021 will constitute a criminal offence.
Zuma’s lawyers have yet to comment on the commission’s letter.
It is also unclear, given that the Constitutional Court was asked to rule on the former president’s right to silence, if and how the hearing can proceed without it having delivered its judgment.
The commission of inquiry has also asked the country’s highest court to rule that Zuma had a constitutional obligation to account for his nine-year leadership of South Africa. It wants it to find that Zuma’s walkout at the commission on 19 November 2020, after Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo denied his application for his recusal, was unlawful.
While the commission of inquiry had asked the Constitutional Court to deliver its decision by 10 January, it has since indicated that it could still secure two weeks of Zuma’s evidence if that ruling was delivered by the end of January.
This is a developing story.
Nick Mallett (Gallo Images)
Two renowned pundits have expressed their concerns over the quality of product dished up by South Africa’s franchises during the Super Rugby Unlocked and Currie Cup events.
After a double round of action, the Currie Cup semi-finals are scheduled for next Saturday, with the Bulls hosting the Lions at Loftus Versfeld and Western Province entertaining the Sharks at Newlands.
But former Springbok coach Nick Mallett and ex-Lions mentor Swys de Bruin were left a bit frustrated by what they witnessed since the country’s return to rugby following the Covid-19 lockdown.
The duo shared their views on SuperSport’s The Final Whistle programme after the completion of the Currie Cup’s round-robin action on Sunday.
“It’s difficult not to be a little bit negative on the performances of our teams quite frankly. If you compare it with the way New Zealand cracked in with their Aotearoa competition, with teams really embracing the quick ruck ball and ball in hand [style]… they were reasonably high-scoring games, but the defences were excellent and their attacks were great. And it was rugby that was worth watching,” Mallett said.
He continued: “When we started there was obviously issues with our fitness and conditioning. There were a lot of error-ridden games early on. And then it appeared that every single team that got into a tight situation just resorted to World Cup final tactics which basically means driving mauls, pushing scrums for penalties and kicking an up-and-under from 9 or 10 the entire game.”
Mallett said this type of game “sadly just doesn’t make for good viewing”.
“If you’re waiting for other people to make a mistake… it’s like watching us playing Wales in the semi-final of the 2019 World Cup which was not a good spectacle, it was great that South Africa won, but it wasn’t a good rugby spectacle for viewers. And we have to remember that we are in the entertainment business in rugby and we need to entertain people. And people get entertained by watching tries being scored through good passing, good lines of running, timing and good stepping.
“To see a (Cheslin) Kolbe score a try is worth sitting there for an hour and a half in an afternoon. But if I’ve got to watch up-and-unders and driving mauls all day… and collapsed scrums and penalties… I’m not excited by that product. So, I think we’ve got a few issues to talk through.”
De Bruin, who is also a former attack consultant to the Springboks, concurred with Mallett.
“I want to add to what Nick said, it’s almost like a storybook now… I can see there’s a scrum that will reset and reset again, then the advantage will come, then the next chapter is the penalty. From there the maul starts. Before the maul there’s a little meeting with the forwards that eats up more time. After that meeting the lineout starts, but before the lineout starts the refs walk up and down through the lineout first. Eventually when the lineout starts the real thing starts… what’s going to happen now, who’s going to join, who’s going to sack and lift legs… for me that’s become almost the story.”
De Bruin highlighted a worrisome trend where the amount of actual playing time during games was diminishing.
“In Super Rugby in 2017 and 2018 we had 35 minutes of continuing play on average. We aimed for 40, if we got 35 or 36 we were happy. I spoke to one of the analysts and in the Currie Cup they’re hitting 24, 25, 26 (minutes)… so out of 80 minutes, you see 25 minutes of rugby and that’s a problem.”
De Bruin though added that he understood why teams were employing these tactics and said SA Rugby’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus, along with Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber, understood the system well.
“They are used to the up-and-under game, they won the World Cup with that, their pressure system is good, they know how to play it. They understand it.”
With South Africa’s franchises heading to the northern hemisphere to compete in the PRO16 Rainbow Cup event, De Bruin noted that a more conservative game style was needed at times.
“They (Erasmus and Nienaber) both coached at Munster (in Ireland). So they know that (style of play) so very well. But if you look at Jacques and what they stand for… they know the system up there. We must remember, we’re going to play up there in their conditions.
“But for the sponsors, for the spectators, for everyone, the sooner we put our foot down and say ‘all role players, let’s get this game interesting again’. We must put actions plans in to get our product right where we need it.”
– Compiled by Herman Mostert
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| Location: | Johannesburg, Illovo |
| Job level: | Junior |
| Type: | Contract |
| Company: | Alliance Media |
Sales support coordinator has overall responsibility for ensuring that delivery happens, and the client experience is good. The sales support co-ordinator must be a good communicator and problem solver, dedicated to providing top-level customer service to ensure a great client service experience.
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Posted on 12 Jan 12:04
| Remuneration: | negotiable |
| Location: | Port Elizabeth |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | AFDA |
Job position : programme coordinator
-Undergraduate bachelor of commerce in business and innovation and entrepreneurship
Reporting to: campus dean
Employment type
Fixed term
Salary
Based on experience
Location
Afda Port Elizabeth campus
Industry
Private Higher Education
Start date
As soon as possible
Background
AFDA (The School of the Creative Economy) is the leading school of its kind in South Africa, offering higher certificates, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Motion Picture Medium, Live Performance, Business Innovation and Technology. AFDA is a full member of CILECT, the association of the world’s major film and television schools. The AFDA values are passion, self-discipline, integrity, reliability and humility.
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Personal Attributes [role associated]
Selection Criteria:
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Application procedure
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Posted on 12 Jan 11:23
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| Location: | Port Elizabeth |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | AFDA |
Job Position: Learning Ccrcle co-ordinator live performance in UG/PG
Reporting to: Dean
Employment type: Fixed Term
Salary: Based on experience
Location: Port Elizabeth
Industry: Private Higher Education
Start date: As soon as possible
Background
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Key competencies [role associated]
Application procedure
Closing date: 18 January 2021 Applications must be submitted by email to Michael Ivy at az.oc.adfa@ileahcim] by the closing date. Applicants wishing to apply for this position are required to submit:
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Posted on 12 Jan 10:54
| Remuneration: | negotiable Cost to company |
| Benefits: | Incentive, Performance Bonuses, Flexi Hours, Study Assist |
| Location: | Johannesburg |
| Job level: | Mid |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | Ad Talent Africa |
Be part of the growth of an up and coming marketing agency based in Johannesburg as their Social Media Coordinator. This role will give you the opportunity to grow with the company and eventually hire your own team. The company also offers you the opportunity to study through them to sharpen your skills.
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