Half of South Africa's population are 100% dependent on state welfare: The R350 social relief of distress grant has seen the number of welfare recipients skyrocket to half the population of the country.
“We realised that a lot of work places had closed due to Covid-19 and we had to increase grants for a short period. We increased the old age and child support grants. Upon further inspection we realised that a lot of people were not working and we introduced a new R350 grant that now caters for 11-million people,” he told residents of L section in the Free State’s biggest township.
He said the government was aware the R350 was not enough but it was going a long way in assisting South Africans. Social development minister and NEC member Lindiwe Zulu said social grants for the unemployed were a good thing for the country and the debate of there being no money to fund it should be secondary.
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