This was explored during a webinar on Tuesday which asked how SA’s social protection system could “build back better” after the lockdown restrictions are lifted.
“We should maintain the programmes we have introduced. SA is going to bounce back. These programmes have a positive effect on the economic growth, which will have a positive effect on tax returns.”“We have a very inflexible system of UIF support and an incredibly lazy department of labour. Sassa is not organised to do anything other than allocate grants.
As the end of the six-month emergency relief measures approaches, the question of “what next” was becoming increasingly urgent. The panel discussed how effective the expansion of social grants had been, coupled with innovative interventions like the temporary employee/employer relief scheme in protecting vulnerable individuals and households affected by the lockdown.
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