Human rights organisation Black Sash has warned that a change in the government’s R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant scheme could leave millions of South Africans out in the cold.
Commenting on the new regulations, which were gazetted this weekend, Black Sash noted that the new regulations bring the SRD grant out of the national state of disaster, introduced during the Covid pandemic, and into the Social Assistance Act.
“It appears that by suspending April processing and payments and now wiping the slate clean of previously approved grant obligations, the April SRD grants are in jeopardy for millions of South Africans. The group has called on the government to clarify whether those who were previously approved to receive a payment in April will still receive this payment regardless of whether their new application is approved. Those who apply under the new framework will be back paid for April.
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