Rights group wants R350 social relief grant increases, extended

Rights group wants R350 social relief grant increases, extended

The organisation wants the government to reassess the ‘unduly harsh and narrow criteria for accessing the grant and improve administration of the grant’. Black Sash march outside the Department of Social Development in Pretoria on Thursday 22 April. Picture: Twitter Screengrab Human rights organisation Black Sash along with 85 other organisations are putting pressure on the government to extend, expand and increase the R350 pandemic social relief of distress grant.

The organisations picketed outside the Social Development Department head office in Pretoria on Thursday as they handed over their memorandum of demands. An online petition is also gaining momentum since […]

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