Feature SAFTU Big The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is opposing plans by the South African ANC government to replace the Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD Grant) with the job seekers grant and household grant.
SAFTU said: ‘Though these proposed grants target some members of the group that is currently receiving the SRD Grants, it is now only targeting a fraction of them by bringing new measures and means test to limit access to these grants.
‘Having categorised the currently poor people who are receiving the SRD Grants into three groups, the job seekers grant will target the […]
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