Kubayi-Ngubane said, to date, the department had not been able to pay out any of the relief applications due to the court application.
“We have not distributed anything due to the court case. As soon as we have a court outcome we will start, based on that outcome. What we allowed was for the applications to come through,” Kubayi-Ngubane said.“The judge said she should be able to give us the outcome by Friday at the latest,” said Kubayi-Ngubane.
She said the department was not able to talk to the National Treasury about reprioritisation or ask for an additional allocation to the current R200m fund due to the interdict. “What they look for is your capacity to spend. Because we have not spent what is currently allocated, the R200m, we are not able to engage with Treasury for further relief funds,” she said.
Denying relief funding on the basis of race is immoral and will be remembered as such.