Ryland Fisher | Covid-19 special grant: Govt will need to find more money to extend R350 payments
Beneficiaries lining up to get their Sassa special Covid-19 social relief grant at Thulamahashe mall. (Photo: Oris Mnisi) With no signs that the Covid-19 pandemic is disappearing any time soon, government will probably have to find more money to extend the payment of the special grant of R350 for another few months, writes Ryland Fisher. If South Africa was a perfect country, everyone would have had decent jobs which paid more than a living wage; and everyone would have had access to basic rights such as proper housing, reasonable education which prepares you for the job...