ANC veteran Fish Mahlalela has thrown his hat in the ring to contest for the Mpumalanga chairperson position.
Mahlalela, currently the deputy tourism minister, led the ANC in Mpumalanga from 2002 to 2005, but never became a premier but held various portfolios in the provincial cabinet.
His last job in Mpumalanga was chairperson of the select committee on public accounts where he exposed corruption in government.
We looked at how dysfunctional and directionless the ANC has been in the province and felt that all lobby groups must unite behind Comrade Fish.
Senzeni Ngubeni
On Friday, Mahlalela’s Mayibuye ANC lobby group launched his campaign in Mbombela.
South Africa: SASSA beneficiaries urged to reapply for lapsed grants
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in Mpumalanga has called beneficiaries of the Care Dependency and Temporary Disability Grants, who feel that their situation has not changed and thus cannot work, to come to SASSA offices to reapply for their grants.
SASSA spokesperson in Mpumalanga, Senzeni Ngubeni, said initially the grants were supposed to lapse on 1 February 2020, but due to COVID-19, Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu, decided to extend them to 31 December 2020.
Ngubeni urged beneficiaries of Dependency and Temporary Disability Grants, who have received letters, to visit the nearest SASSA office as from 5 January 2021 to reapply for the lapsed grants.