The Black Sash says the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant is not enough to help keep the very poor healthy during the Covid-19 pandemic.
It recommends that it be aligned with the Upper-Bound Poverty Line of R1 268, or at the very least, adjusted to the Food Poverty Line of R585.
The NGO said President Cyril Ramaphosa’s extension also leaves out adult women who are unemployed, and have to make do with only their children’s child support grant. Black Sash says the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is woefully inadequate to help prevent […]
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