{"id":303056,"date":"2021-04-12T11:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=303056"},"modified":"2021-04-13T12:29:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T10:29:33","slug":"shebeen-owners-cheating-san-people-out-of-their-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=303056","title":{"rendered":"Shebeen owners cheating San people out of their money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>OMUNDAUNGILO constituency councillor Festus Ikanda has taken a swipe at residents of his area who are cheating members of the marginalised San community out of their monthly social grant from government.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ikanda said that reports were brought to his attention that there are some shebeen owners who allegedly give unlimited \u2018alcohol credit\u2019 to San people and then collect their money immediately after the pension payout.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ikanda said that elderly people and people living with disabilities (PLWD) within the San community were the main targets of the scheme.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of them spend as much as N$1 000 just to settle their shebeen accounts, leaving them with nothing to live on. That is total madness,\u201d said Ikanda.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shebeen-owners-cheating-San-people-out-of-their-money.jpg\" alt=\"Shebeen owners cheating San people money councillor Festus Ikanda\" class=\"wp-image-303057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shebeen-owners-cheating-San-people-out-of-their-money.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shebeen-owners-cheating-San-people-out-of-their-money.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shebeen-owners-cheating-San-people-out-of-their-money.jpg 150w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shebeen-owners-cheating-San-people-out-of-their-money.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shebeen-owners-cheating-San-people-out-of-their-money.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shebeen-owners-cheating-San-people-out-of-their-money.jpg 2045w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Shebeen-owners-cheating-San-people-out-of-their-money.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Pictured: Omundaungilo Constituency Councillor, Festus Ikanda. Photo: ohangwenarc.gov.na<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He explained that the San people were previously marginalised and therefore considered as needy.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey use the social grants they receive from government to buy their basic needs. There are unfortunately unscrupulous elements who cheat them of their money,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ikanda stated that alcohol was not supposed to be given out on credit, adding that alcohol given on credit is deliberately overpriced.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is unacceptable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He indicated that starting Tuesday, his office will carry out an investigation in collaboration with representatives of the San community and the Namibian Police to find out exactly how the scheme works and to find solutions to the problem.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The investigation team will, among others, visit pension payout points.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David OMUNDAUNGILO constituency councillor Festus Ikanda has taken a swipe at residents of his area who are cheating members of the marginalised San community out of their monthly social grant from government. Ikanda said that reports were brought to his attention that there are some shebeen owners who allegedly give unlimited \u2018alcohol credit\u2019 to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":303090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shebeen owners cheating San people out of their money - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OMUNDAUNGILO constituency councillor Festus Ikanda has taken a swipe at residents of his area who are cheating members of the marginalised...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=303056\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shebeen owners cheating San people out of their money - 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