JOHANNESBURG - The Gauteng Department of Social Development has been slammed for attempting to gag NPOs from speaking out over funding delays.
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Embarrassingly, that attempted gagging arose after a fake poster of a sit-in at the department's offices had done the rounds on social media.
What is real, however, are the funding delays.
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Many non-profits have not received their usual financial assistance from the department since last year.
eNCA reporter Hloni Mtimkulu spoke to some of them about the implications.