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Oscar Mabuyane said provincial government engaged Home Affairs and the SA Post Office to ensure their branches do not become Covid-19 super-spreaders.
Mabuyane urged applicants of the R350 social relief distress grant to stop showing up at the province s 156 Post Office branches uninvited.
Home Affairs confirmed that its East London branch s 16 employees were seeing more than 400 people from across the province daily.
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane said the Eastern Cape government was concerned that long queues at post offices and Home Affairs branches in the province may become Covid-19 super-spreaders.
Speaking during his weekly Covid-19 media briefings in Bhisho on Tuesday, Mabuyane said the provincial government would assist Home Affairs and the Post Office to manage the queues.
Eastern Cape govt raises concern over long queues at Home Affairs, post offices News24 Wire
A home affairs building. For illustration purposes. Picture: Ashraf Hendricks ‘Government is improving service provision so that these people do not meet at these centres in big numbers.’
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane said the Eastern Cape government was concerned that long queues at post offices and Home Affairs branches in the province may become Covid-19 super-spreaders.
Speaking during his weekly Covid-19 media briefings in Bhisho on Tuesday, Mabuyane said the provincial government would assist Home Affairs and the Post Office to manage the queues.