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Mashaba slams Ramaphosa for praising R350 grant recipient increase

LOCAL ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for celebrating the increasing number of social relief of distress (SRD) grant recipients. The R350 SRD grant was introduced in 2020 to assist those who lost economic opportunities and were adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this year, Ramaphosa extended the grant until March 2023. After the state of national disaster came to an end, the grant was shifted […]

29 August 2022

Local

Activists to march for the extension, increase in COVID-19 Social Relief Grant

Activists with the #PayTheGrants campaign will march to Parliament and the Union Buildings on Thursday to demand that the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant be increased and extended. During his State-of-the-Nation-Address in February, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the three-month extension of the grant of R350 which was due to end on January the 31st. Now with the deadline looming once again, civil society groups want to ensure that the […]

22 April 2021

News

Sassa says its dealing with system issues, but beneficiaries fed up

By Loushe Jordaan The South African Social Social Security Agency (SASSA) insists it’s doing it everything possible to eliminate any glitches at its offices, but frustrated beneficiaries are at their wits end with the continuous problems at the social grant offices. As an attempt to vent, residents blockaded the entrance to the SASSA offices in Mitchell's Plain over the weekend, preventing officials from going home. This follows complaints by residents […]

24 July 2018

social grant

Mashaba slams Ramaphosa for praising R350 grant recipient increase

Activists to march for the extension, increase in COVID-19 Social Relief Grant

Sassa says its dealing with system issues, but beneficiaries fed up

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