In a statement on Thursday night, SASSA reminded people that the “350 Grant” would come to an end on Friday 30 April.
“This means that no new applications will be accepted after this date. However, all applications which have been approved and who have not yet received the money will still be paid,” read the statement.
SRD applicants and recipients whose grant was declined for the period from February to March 2021 may appeal on the SASSA website, it said.
“If you do not appeal, the declined application will not be reconsidered.”
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Black Sash to picket for extension of Covid-19 relief grant Updated
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Activist group Black Sash and community members are set to picket outside South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) offices across the country on Friday.
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This comes after the announcement by Sassa that the Covid-19 Social Relief Distress (SRD) grant is coming to an end on Friday.
Community activist General Alfred Moyo say they want the relief grant to continue until it is turned into a Basic Income Guarantee .
We demand an increase of this R350 to at least R585, and that should push us to and agitate communities for a fight for this grand to be made a permanent Basic Income Guarantee, says Moyo.
Black Sash and #PayTheGrants demand Covid grant extension
By Staff Reporter
SINENHLANHLA ZUNGU
DURBAN - BLACK Sash and #PayTheGrants are demanding that the government extend the Covid-19 Social Relief Distress (SRD) grant until it is turned into a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG).
Black Sash spokesperson Esley Philander said it was unacceptable that the government plans to terminate the SRD grant this month. The grant was initially distributed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“As the third wave is expected, the grant should also be prolonged,” Philander suggested.
#PayTheGrant’s co-ordinator Nathan Taylor emphasised the need for economic justice for ordinary South Africans.
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Many people think that a universal basic income (UBI) would be a good substitute for the welfare state. Under this proposal, each person resident in a country would receive a guaranteed income, sufficient to live at a modest level. People would get the money unconditionally. Unlike welfare payments, the UBI would not be lessened if people earned money in addition to the amount it provided, and, because it is not means tested absolutely everyone gets it, even billionaires it requires no complex bureaucracy to administer.
The UBI would cost a great deal of money, but its defenders claim that since it is a substitute for the welfare state, we would also save the vast amounts of money now required for financing welfare programs. Further, if our economy continues to grow, at some point the UBI will become affordable. Charles Murray, for example, in a short book published a number of years ago, says of his version of the UBI, “I began this thought experiment by asking you to ignore that