Grant recipients wait in long queues at the Sassa offices. (Photo: Gallo Images / Misha Jordaan) 158k South Africa’s inequality, poverty and hunger are neither an unexpected crisis nor a short-term problem, and the state’s response should bear this in mind. Extending the Covid-19 social relief of distress grant until 2022 would create time and space for more permanent income security measures.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic South Africa was the most unequal country in the world, with the wealthiest 10% of the population holding between 90% and 95% of the country’s wealth. The pandemic has made the emergency […]
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