The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has welcomed the extension of government’s R350 unemployment grant, but says that the funding should be extended into a more permanent form of support.
In a national address on Wednesday evening (11 November), president Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the special Covid-19 grant will be extended for a further three months, until January 2021.
This will provide much-needed income to around six million people who are unemployed and do not receive any other form of government grant, the president said.However, Cosatu said that this grant should be extended – echoing previous calls for a […]
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