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Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says amid the conflict in Eastern Europe, the likelihood of poor South Africans securing basic food items is increasingly becoming remote.

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Delivering her department’s budget vote for the 2022/23 financial year, she expressed concern about vulnerable South Africans increasingly becoming dependent on the state. According to Zulu, her department is the government’s third-largest budget, as it constitutes 13.1% of the government’s overall estimated budget of R1.957 trillion.

Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia Van Der Vent
Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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