National State of Disaster lifted

The Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) has welcomed the government's decision to lift the country's national state of disaster and says the ...

This should provide a foundation for a Basic Income Grant, Cosatu said. “We note President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant is extended to March 2023, as stated in his State of the Nation of Address (SONA), but urge that budget be allocated for the grant to be increased to the Food Poverty Line and that budget be allocated to the Department to address the administrative challenges of the grant.” It needs to be made permanent and linked to the food poverty level of R624,” the country’s largest trade federation said.