The Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant extension has been welcomed by civil society amid concern about implementation issues. Research shows an urgent need to eliminate the obstacles that potential recipients have to climb to get the grant. The Black Sash has for some years been part of a civil society coalition lobbying for a basic income grant. In a media release the organisation welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that “the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant will be reinstated until March 2022”.
Hailing the extension of the grant to South Africans aged 18-59, the organisation stated that, “We […]
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