Minister Zulu withdraws social security green paper after public backlash

Minister Zulu withdraws social security green paper after public backlash

The Department of Social Development says the paper has been ‘misunderstood’ and ‘misinterpreted’ and would be re-released once greater clarity had been sought.

Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu has hastily withdrawn the green paper on reforming the country’s welfare structure released two weeks ago that, among other recommendations, proposed a 12% tax on incomes to fund a state-controlled social security fund.

The Department of Social Development (DSD) released the paper on August 18 for public comment, but it met with stinging criticism from some sectors of the public, business, and significantly from National Treasury, which said it had not […]

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