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Black Sash says governments move to extend the Social Relief of Distress Grant is a work in progress and provides the most immediate pathway to a permanent Basic Income Support Programme.
Unemployment increased by 0,6 of a percentage point to 43,2% in quarter one
Black Sash pushes for COVID relief funds to continue, says no word from govt The group also recently called on Sassa to pay people who have not yet been paid. FILE: Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News. 6 days ago CAPE TOWN - Weeks have passed and the Black Sash said it still hadn't heard a word from government as to whether the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant would be reinstated. The grant came to an end at the end of April. The human rights group has demanded former beneficiaries keep receivi...
Bathabile Dlamini finally pays R650 000 ordered by court after years of stalling 13 May 2021 2:21 PM Share This: "It was a real battle to get those monies paid over. It required real doggedness," says Nicole Fritz of Freedom Under Law. Bathabile Dlamini has finally paid a R650 000 personal cost order against her. In September 2018, the Constitutional Court ordered the former Social Development Minister to pay a portion of the legal costs in a case relating to the social grants payment system. The court ruled that Dlamini had failed to carry out her duties as a minister, calling her behaviour ...
Dlamini finally pays R650,000 personal cost order in Sassa saga In September 2018, the Constitutional Court ordered her to pay a portion of the legal costs in a case relating to the social grants payment system. FILE: ANCWL president Bathabile Dlamini. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News. 10 days ago CAPE TOWN - Former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has finally paid a R650,000 personal cost order against her. In September 2018, the Constitutional Court ordered her to pay a portion of the...