Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says that the government will present further interventions on South Africa’s social safety net in the February 2022 national budget.
Presenting his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Thursday (11 November), Godongwana noted that the R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant is coming to an end in March 2022. The grant was initially introduced to assist South Africans impacted by the Covid-19 lockdown and was reinstated after riots took place in parts of the country in July.
To date, Godongwana said the grant had benefitted approximately 9.5 million South Africans. This is over and above […]
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