JOHANNESBURG – Civil society organisations under the umbrella of #PayTheGrants have slammed the decision by the SA Social Security Agency to terminate the R350 Covid-19 social relief of distress grant, which was aimed at cushioning the unemployed during the pandemic.
“If the appeal is not lodged, the declined application will not be reconsidered. The appeal period closes on 31 May 2021. No appeals will be accepted after this date,” Sassa said. “Between Sassa, Social Development, Treasury and the Presidency, it is a circus, we have been pushing for a meeting for months now and all we get are notifications that our requests have been received, but we have never ever had any meaningful engagement with them, they keep playing this game of passing the baton amongst each other,” he said.
“What we are seeing around the world is that the best way to cushion the impact of this pandemic is direct cash to people in poverty. In the South African context, we have a continuing crisis of structural unemployment. “Give money to people in the community, the money will be used in the community, unlike if you give it to the rich, who will take the money out of the country and it disappears,” he said.
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