Social grant recipients queue for hours in the hot sun outside the main post office in Pietermaritzburg. The Covid-19 social relief of distress grant has been extended by a year to March of 2024.
The Medium-term Budget Policy Statement said the extension of the Covid-19 social relief of distress grant must be matched by an increase in revenue, a decrease in spending, or both.
The government’s spending on support for poor households in the medium-term expenditure framework period will still reach R3.5 billion. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said in his Medium-term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) that […]
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