Showdown over proposed family grant

Showdown over proposed family grant

People queue for social grants outside the SASSA office in Eerste River, 2018. Government has proposed a family grant to replace the Covid Social Relief of Distress grant.

We are making the document with the proposal public.

Civil society organisations have condemned the proposal, saying it is infeasible and will leave millions of potential grant recipients out in the cold. Civil society organisations have criticised a "secretive" and "closed door" proposal by government. National Treasury has proposed a family grant that would replace the R350 Covid Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. It would be paid […]

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