In a landmark judgment, the Gauteng High Court has declared certain regulations of the SRD grant invalid, ensuring that more vulnerable citizens can access essential financial assistance.
The judge ordered that the government had to progressively increase the value of the SRD grant and the value of the income threshold prescribed.Cape Town - A victory for South Africa’s most vulnerable, is how advocacy groups hailed the judgment by the Gauteng High Court , Pretoria , which among others ruled that regulations limiting access to the R370 a month Social Relief of Distress grant are unconstitutional and invalid.
It is declared that the Constitution requires the government to devise and implement a plan to address the retrogression in the value of the SRD grant and income threshold. The government must also consider increases in inflation and the cost of living and the need to ensure that no one living in poverty is excluded from accessing the grant.
The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants, represented by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute , meanwhile challenged the regulations last year as it said it excluded millions of potentially eligible people living in poverty in the country. It does this by ensuring that barriers put in the way of grant access are removed. The judgment also orders the government to remedy systemic problems of non-payment and late payment of approved beneficiaries.
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