Civil society calls for reinstatement of Social Relief of Distress grant and unconditional Basic Income Grant

Civil society calls for reinstatement of Social Relief of Distress grant and unconditional Basic Income Grant

About 20 activists affiliated to the #PayTheGrants campaign picket outside Sassa in Bellville, Cape Town. (Photo: Liezl Human) The #PayTheGrants Campaign has called for the government to reinstate the Covid Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, to increase it from R350 to R585, and to fully implement an unconditional Basic Income Guarantee.

“This is not a favour, this is not a privilege from the state – but it is the people’s right,” said General Moyo during a virtual mass assembly on Sunday morning, 11 July, where the #PayTheGrants Campaign called for the government to reinstate the Social Relief […]

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