Department of social development has declared savings of R1.8bn amid increased public demand for social grants
Grant recipients wait for social support payouts. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES The department of social development recently declared savings of R1.8bn. According to the 2022 medium-term budget policy statement, this “saving” is due to a lower than anticipated take-up of the Covid Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant.
The so-called “saving” is particularly baffling due to the increased public demand for social grants during the cost of living crisis and increased poverty and social distress. It also neatly sanitises the uncertainty that has plagued […]
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