The Special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant will be terminated at the end of April.
Funds for the R350 grant came from the R500 billion social and economic relief package announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March 2020.
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has called for the urgent introduction of a Basic Income Grant (BIG) to replace the Covid-19 grant.During 2020 more than half of South Africa’s population – 61% – received some form of social grant according to statistics released by the Brookings Institution , a US research group. While government should be congratulated on its ability to help […]
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