Lindy Wilson said : “If a person is taken to a hospital and there are no beds, the hospitals will phone and source a bed in another hospital,” “The risks are huge when patients are very ill, and the costs of [emergency] services are huge. Furthermore, [emergency] services can no longer service emergencies because they are having to travel and then queue at hospitals a long way away”

citizen Thursday, January 7, 2021 4:46:00 PM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : “I said I am an MP and I am here to accept [the petition],”

citizen Saturday, August 29, 2020 11:27:00 PM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : "I said I am an MP and I am here to accept [the petition],"

news24 Saturday, August 29, 2020 10:14:00 PM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : “There should be no doubt that apartheid was an abhorrent system, which left South African communities with incredible challenges of inequality. However, it should not be used as an excuse 26 years later to cover up the MEC and her department’s hand in the ‘Scooter Scandal’,”

citizen Friday, July 17, 2020 12:14:00 AM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : "MEC Gomba has once again tried to shift the blame for her own and her department's failings, going as far as blaming apartheid for the 'Scooter Scandal'. "

news24 Thursday, July 16, 2020 11:42:00 PM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : “What has been clear is what we suspected all along,” “South Africans are not properly informed about the contents of this bill”

citizen Tuesday, November 26, 2019 12:05:00 AM EAT

Lindy Wilson told : “What I would like to know at this stage is, has the Constitutional Court been informed of the department and SASSA’s current plans,”

enca Tuesday, January 17, 2017 10:47:00 AM EAT

Lindy Wilson said ( about Post Bank ) : “From the presentation last week it appears SASSA wants to issue a card that is exclusively a grant card and not a bank card. Grant recipients will not be able to make deposits. The current cards, which are underwritten by Grindrod Bank, function as a bank card. Also, SASSA wants to compartmentalise various functions. How much more is this going to add to the cost? There are still far too many questions that need to be asked, including who exactly it was that drew up the request for information presentation,”

enca Tuesday, January 17, 2017 10:47:00 AM EAT

Lindy Wilson said ( about Pravin Gordhan ) : “Despite written questions asking for a breakdown of the travel costs‚ hotel costs‚ VIP cars and size of delegations by the minister and the deputy minister in the previous financial year‚ the minister only accounted for R2.8-million of the R12-million spent on overseas trips‚” “Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan made it clear in his presentation of the Budget earlier this year that the major area of reduced expenditure would be travel and subsistence. It would appear that minister Dlamini is not only out of touch with the reality of social grant recipients‚ but also did not get Gordhan’s message”

thetimes-za Thursday, October 6, 2016 12:33:00 PM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : “If a person is taken to a hospital and there are no beds, the hospitals will phone and source a bed in another hospital,” “The risks are huge when patients are very ill, and the costs of [emergency] services are huge. Furthermore, [emergency] services can no longer service emergencies because they are having to travel and then queue at hospitals a long way away”

citizen Thursday, January 7, 2021 4:46:00 PM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : “I said I am an MP and I am here to accept [the petition],”

citizen Saturday, August 29, 2020 11:27:00 PM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : "I said I am an MP and I am here to accept [the petition],"

news24 Saturday, August 29, 2020 10:14:00 PM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : “There should be no doubt that apartheid was an abhorrent system, which left South African communities with incredible challenges of inequality. However, it should not be used as an excuse 26 years later to cover up the MEC and her department’s hand in the ‘Scooter Scandal’,”

citizen Friday, July 17, 2020 12:14:00 AM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : "MEC Gomba has once again tried to shift the blame for her own and her department's failings, going as far as blaming apartheid for the 'Scooter Scandal'. "

news24 Thursday, July 16, 2020 11:42:00 PM EAT

Lindy Wilson said : “What has been clear is what we suspected all along,” “South Africans are not properly informed about the contents of this bill”

citizen Tuesday, November 26, 2019 12:05:00 AM EAT

Lindy Wilson told : “What I would like to know at this stage is, has the Constitutional Court been informed of the department and SASSA’s current plans,”

enca Tuesday, January 17, 2017 10:47:00 AM EAT

Lindy Wilson said ( about Post Bank ) : “From the presentation last week it appears SASSA wants to issue a card that is exclusively a grant card and not a bank card. Grant recipients will not be able to make deposits. The current cards, which are underwritten by Grindrod Bank, function as a bank card. Also, SASSA wants to compartmentalise various functions. How much more is this going to add to the cost? There are still far too many questions that need to be asked, including who exactly it was that drew up the request for information presentation,”

enca Tuesday, January 17, 2017 10:47:00 AM EAT

Lindy Wilson said ( about Pravin Gordhan ) : “Despite written questions asking for a breakdown of the travel costs‚ hotel costs‚ VIP cars and size of delegations by the minister and the deputy minister in the previous financial year‚ the minister only accounted for R2.8-million of the R12-million spent on overseas trips‚” “Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan made it clear in his presentation of the Budget earlier this year that the major area of reduced expenditure would be travel and subsistence. It would appear that minister Dlamini is not only out of touch with the reality of social grant recipients‚ but also did not get Gordhan’s message”

thetimes-za Thursday, October 6, 2016 12:33:00 PM EAT