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WC govt launches 2 new safe houses for abuse victims on West Coast Western Cape Social Development MEC Sharna Fernandez said that the new safe havens would be a safe space for children and women who victims of violence and abuse. Western Cape MEC for Social Development Sharna Fernandez at the launch of two newly established safe houses for victims of gender-based violence on the province s West Coast region. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter
CAPE TOWN - Two new safe houses have been launched on the West Coast.
The Western Cape government said the Daisy Safehouse and Aalwyn Place of Safety would go a long way in ensuring that survivors of gender-based violence had the necessary assistance.
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The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) is confident that the backlog of assessments for disability grants in the Western Cape will be cleared by the deadline of 31 March, general manager Sibusiso Nhlangothi told the Western Cape legislature this week. He said virtual medical assessments were being used to speed up the process.
Temporary disability and care dependency grants were due to lapse in February last year but due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the grants were extended to 31 December by social development Minister Lindiwe Zulu. Sassa has said it cannot afford to extend all grants further. Beneficiaries have been urged to re-apply at Sassa offices with a detailed doctor’s report.
The Standing Committee on Social Development were briefed on what went wrong that led to hundreds of disabled people seeking the extension of their grants being water-sprayed by police outside the Bellville Sassa offices. Photograph: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency (ANA)
I would like to apologise to those inconvenienced, says Sassa executive
By Sukaina Ishmail
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Cape Town - The Standing Committee on Social Development were briefed on what went wrong that led to hundreds of disabled people seeking the extension of their grants being water-sprayed by police outside the Bellville Sassa offices.
Sassa regional executive manager Bandile Maqetuka said: “This (overcrowding at offices) is understood given the challenge of deepening poverty and the complications that came with the revised lockdown restrictions.