Finance minister Tito Mboweni. File photo. Image: ESA ALEXANDER Finance minister Tito Mboweni's recent comments on the R350 distress relief social grant have received mixed reactions on social media. During a briefing on Wednesday, Mboweni said the R350 monthly temporary grant for unemployed people will cost the government R27bn. The grant was reinstated on Sunday and will be paid until the end of March 2022. Mboweni said the grant goes a long way in assisting people, no matter how small it might seem. “This money is meant to respond to the situation our people currently find themselves in,” said the minister.