The SRD grant of R350 a
month was introduced by the government as a response to the impact of COVID-19
and the lockdowns for anyone whose income falls below a threshold to receive
the grant
Civil society organisation, Pay The Grants has
criticised government’s proposals to replace the Social Relief of Distress
Grant (SRD) with Job Seekers Grant.
The organisation has reiterated
the Institute for Economic Justice which says the proposals are designed to
exclude as many people as possible.
The Presidency and the
National Treasury have suggested options for new grants to replace the Social
Relief of Distress grant.
The new proposals,
include replacing the SRD grant with a job-seeker and a caregiver grant.
The National Treasury
suggests a combination of an SRD-job-seeker grant and an SRD-caregiver grant
for those who cannot work.
Pay The Grants
co-ordinator, Melanie McKernan says they oppose the Treasury’s suggestion
“The fact that Treasury thinks people are sitting not looking for employment is beyond us and beyond everybody. These people want to work, you can’t live on R350, you would not even survive,” explains McKernan
Done by Lizeka Tsotetsi
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