South Africa now has close to 19-million citizens surviving on permanent government social grants and it’s costing the taxpayer more than R200-billion per year.
Additionally, an average of 8.5-million beneficiaries are receiving the R350 Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, incurring an expenditure for the 2022/23 financial year of R30.2-billion.
Not all beneficiaries of the R350-grant are paid on time every month, and sometimes they are not paid at all, which means the total expenditure could be even higher.Overall, the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) pays more than 27-million beneficiaries monthly, accounting for about 45% of the country’s population.These figures […]
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