Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has not budgeted for an extension of the R350 social relief of distress grant beyond the March 2022 expiry date, saying that decision resides with cabinet.
Godongwana insisted that his MTBPS did not mean the R350 grant was being discontinued but it was budgeting in line with an expiry date of end March.
Godongwana said if there was agreement that SA was likely to generate R1.5-trillion in the next financial year and expenditure is already going to be R1.9-trillion, with a R4bn shortfall, whatever the government decides will have to be within the R1.9-trillion. The National Treasury's MTBPS document states that the Covid-19 pandemic increased national debate on the possibility of a universal basic income grant.
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