South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a three month extension of a special R350 (US$24) a month Covid-19 grant for unemployed adults who do not receive any social grant or unemployment insurance.
This comes as the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown continue to devastate the economy, entrenching extraordinarily high unemployment and poverty. While the extension, announced in Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address , has been welcomed by trade unions and civil society , it falls short. The country needs a permanent form of income support , not temporary relief, something the president himself clearly appreciates . South Africa has […]
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