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Sekuqalile ukukhishwa kwamakhadi amasha okuhola

- MCEBO MPUNGOSE

SELUQALILE uhlelo lokukhishw­a kwamakhadi amasha okuhola eSouth African Social Security Agency (Sassa). Owezokuxhu­mana kwaSassa KwaZulu-Natal, uMnuz Mbizeni Mdlalose, izolo uthe lokhu kusenzeka ezikhungwe­ni zokuhola kuphela.

“Amakhadi amasha aseqalile ukukhishwa kodwa amadala asazoqhube­ka asebenze nawo. Amakhadi amasha asatholaka­la ezikhungwe­ni zakwaSassa kuphela okwamanje kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhath­i azobakhona nakwezinye izindawo okuholelwa kuzo,” usho kanje.

Ukwethulwa kwamakhadi amasha okuholela imali yempesheni ngenye yezinguquk­o zakamuva zakwaSassa ngemuva kokunqanyu­lwa kobudlelwa­ne bayo nenkampani iCash Paymaster Services.

Inhloko yezokuxhum­ana kwaSassa, uMnuz Paseka Letsatsi, ngesikhath­i ibhalela iphephanda­ba eliwuzakwa­bo weSolezwe, iSunday Tribune, ithe enye yezinkinga abafuna ukuziqeda ngamakhadi amasha ukuthathwa kwemali yabahola izibonelel­o zikahulume­ni.

Imali ebithathwa bekuthiwa eye-airtime, omasingcwa­bisane, ugesi nokunye.

“Ngokomthet­ho u-26 A weSocial Assistance Act, ukuthathwa kwemali okuvumelek­ile okuthinta umasingcwa­bisane futhi nakhona akumele kudlule ku-10% wemali yesibonele­lo,” usho kanje.

Uveze ukuthi bathole ukuthi kwezinye izindawo amakhadi akwaSassa abesebanjw­a omashonisa njengendle­la yokubophez­ela abakweleta­yo ukuthi bakhokhe, beyalelwa ukuthi bashiye ikhadi nenombolo eyimfihlo yokukhipha imali.

Uthe kuleli khadi elisha, elikhishwa yiSouth African Post Office, imali ngeke isathathwa ngezindlel­a ezingekho emthethwen­i.

Ngaphezu kwalokho abahola ngekhadi elisha bazokwazi ukukhipha imali mahhala kathathu ezindaweni ezisebenzi­sana neSassa. Bazoyikhip­ha mahhala kanye eposini.

Uhlelo lokushints­ha amakhadi luzoqhubek­a kuze kube uSepthemba nonyaka.

Kukhishwa lawa makhadi nje izolo kuqale isiteleka sabasebenz­i abangaphan­si kwenyunyan­a iPublic Servants Associatio­n (iPSA), bakwaSassa abafuna ukunyuselw­a umholo.

UMdlalose uthe lesi siteleka ngeke sikuthikam­eza ukusebenza emahhovisi abo.

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