Government pondering whether to extend R350 grant for unemployed

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Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says they are waiting to see if the R350 grant for the unemployed will be extended during the third wave.

This follows their request for the extension of the grant after research showed the impact it had on many families who were affected during the outbreak of Covid-19 last year.

She said on Friday that it was not clear if the R350 grant will be extended, but the Department of Social Development also understood the financial strain the National Treasury was going through. “We were asked whether the R350 grant will come back or not – from the department point of view, long before the end of the last one, we had already made our request, but we were very conscious of the fact that the finances were not doing well overall as government,” said Zulu. “We wait and we engage but we are committed to continue to engage.”

The government said it had provided the unemployment grant to millions of people who were hit by Covid-19 last year. It was forced to extend it several times until the beginning of the year, when it said it would be stopped.

 

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Government does not have money

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Good News looks like it coming

Some of us we work with small groups of people we have families to feed we have school fees to pay how do you expect us to live our live we are the 74% unemployed

If u go recover the money with interest paid to public service employees, prisoners including many that did not qualify for that money an I bet some money that went to the ANC we will easily be able to continue paying pple that qualify to recieve that money 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

What about our increment as state employees? 🥴

When did it end?

while she waits, people must eat wat? dry grass?

So the R350 will be returned for August, September, October & end in November after the elections, neh? Hope the voters can see beyond all this.

And what about Ters money since restaurant are closed? 🤔

Extend it How many are still waiting to receive it

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