File Picture: Neil Baynes The poor and the unemployed should not be abandoned after the expiry of the Covid-19 grant next month.
Although the level of the Social Relief of Distress Grant of R350 a month is not enough to cover a decent standard of living, it has contributed to poverty relief in a context of massive job losses arising from the pandemic.
It is evident that, for the foreseeable future, the slow-growth economy will not have the capacity to absorb all the unemployed.It is, therefore, important the government seriously considers the extension of special Covid-19 grant beyond next month and […]
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