Organisations such as Cry of the Xcluded and the SA Federation of Trade Unions say while they expected very little for the impoverished from the statement, the least Treasury could do was maintain some of the social assistance grants as was. FILE: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Picture: GCIS.
JOHANNESBURG – As the country gears up for Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s first Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), civil society has been campaigning for increases in the unemployment grant among other extensions.
Organisations such as Cry of the Xcluded and the SA Federation of Trade Unions say while they expected […]
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