Plans to extend R350 grant while government works on basic income grant

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The department of social development is working on a proposal to extend the R350 social relief of distress grant until government finalises the basic income grant.

“We are engaging different departments, including the National Treasury, around how to address the continuing income need after the end of the financial year,” said deputy director-general for comprehensive social security Brenda Sibeko.

The National Council of Provinces received a briefing from the SA Social Security Agency on Tuesday on the R350 grant that will end this financial year. In his state of the nation address in February, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would be extending the R350 grant until March 2023 and that the government was working on a more permanent plan.

The government introduced the grant in 2020 to help people who lost their livelihoods during the Covid-19 pandemic. “The consideration is how to create a direct basic income support programme for people and that’s what the department is working on,” said Sibeko.

 

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