Black Sash

Black Sash, others call for extension of Covid-19 grant to basic income guarantee

Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu has asked National Treasury to extend the grant The Black Sash says there is no rationale for the special Covid-19 social relief of distress (SRD) grant of R350 to be terminated. “Many people have…

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BLACK SASH

13 FEB 2021

Black Sash calls for increase of ‘inadequate’ R350 Covid-19 relief grant

The Black Sash says the three-month extension of the R350 Covid-19 social relief of distress grant (SRD) announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday is inadequate. The human rights organisation has demanded the grant be aligned…

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People wait outside a post office in Durban. Most of them are there to check the status of their special Covid-19 grants, which provide R350 per monthPicture: GroundUp/Nokulunga Majola

SAPOSTOFFICE

6 NOV 2020

Post offices ‘overwhelmed’ with Covid-19 grant recipients

More than 1.3 million people have been approved for the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant in KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). This, however, has resulted in snaking queues…

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