5 things Lindiwe Zulu has said about the Sassa water cannon incident
21 January 2021 - 13:00
Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu defended herself in parliament on Tuesday, saying she instructed the SAPS to stop spraying grant applicants with water cannons. File photo.
Image: Linda Mthombeni
Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu again responded to criticism and questions around her involvement in the water-bombing of SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) grant applicants in Bellville last Friday
Zulu was at the Cape Town office last week when police turned a water cannon on grant applicants after they refused to social distance in the queue. Human rights organisation the Black Sash called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene, and accused the minister of “shameful and shocking disregard for the human rights of vulnerable beneficiaries, many of whom are disabled and chronically ill”.