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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>More than 43,000 elderly people in Manica province have not received their basic social subsidies for 11 months, with some forced to survive on wild fruits and mangoes. With the festivities just around the corner, beneficiaries are asking the government to expedite the payments.<\/p>\n

Elderly people receive between 540 and 1000 meticais (\u20ac7 to \u20ac14) a month \u2013 the amount varies depending on the number of people in the household. Some beneficiaries told Deutsche Welle that it was only with this subsidy that they are able to put bread on the table.<\/p>\n

But they have not received this money for 11 months, say the beneficiaries, on condition of anonymity: \u201cWe are now living \u2018de qualquer maneira\u2019. We have no money \u2013 we are living on mangoes,\u201d they complain.<\/p>\n

One 66-year-old beneficiary of the basic social subsidy in Manica says she cannot do business or grow anything to eat. She is dependent on government support, having no grown-up children, and she lives with her young grandchildren. She says that the upcoming festive season will be particularly difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill we live on mangoes during these festivities on December 25th, which is Family Day, and on New Year\u2019s Eve? We sometimes stop people to ask for charity just to feed ourselves. Will it carry on like this?\u201d she asks.<\/p>\n

Another interviewee, aged 69, said that the amount of the subsidy \u2013 even though it is little \u2013 has helped many families: \u201cWe are here on the street every day begging. [The government] doesn\u2019t want to give us anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

He appeals to the executive to pay at least some of the missing amount, so that they can feed themselves during the festive season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are asking \u2013 from now on, the year is over \u2013 to give us our money. We need the money this month, we are asking you to please notice us. We also want money for the festivities and the end of the year, to eat as you will eat in your homes,\u201d he pleads.<\/p>\n

Government calls for calm and patience<\/b><\/p>\n

Joa\u0303o Manuel, delegate of the National Institute of Social Action (INAS) for Ba\u0301rue\u0300, acknowledges the 11-month delay in payment of the subsidy, promising that the government has not forgotten the beneficiaries. But, he says, there is a lack of money at the moment.<\/p>\n

Without offering any deadline, he said that the central government was doing everything it could to ensure that the subsidies were paid, asking for calm and patience.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom January to this month [December], we have been somewhat constrained due to disbursements, but efforts are being made in the province and at the central level to find the resources to cover the expenses linked to these social protection programs,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Asked to comment on the lack of payment of the basic social subsidy, the Secretary of State for Manica province, Fernando Bemane de Sousa, said he would investigate the case, similarly pledging that the state would be able to pay as soon as the problem was identified.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to see why they didn\u2019t receive it and how to do it so we can reactivate it. We\u2019re working on the matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. More than 43,000 elderly people in Manica province have not received their basic social subsidies for 11 months, with some forced to survive on wild fruits and mangoes. With the festivities just around the corner, beneficiaries are asking the government to expedite the payments. 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