Social grants: labour federations reject government proposals

Social grants: labour federations reject government proposals

A queue for social grants outside the Post Office in Nigel in 2021. The Presidency and National Treasury have made proposals about the replacement of the Social Relief of Distress grant. Archive photo; Kimberly Mutandiro, GroundUp Trade union federations have rejected proposals by the National Treasury and the Presidency for alternative grants to replace the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant.

The proposals, dated July 2022 by the Presidency and August 2022 by the National Treasury , include a targeted job-seeker grant and a caregiver grant to replace the R350-a-month SRD grant. An untargeted grant, such as a universal Basic […]

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