The decision to provide a grant of R1 634, the upper bound poverty line, rests in the hands of the elite
About 3.9 million people in South Africa are beneficiaries of the grant, which is currently at R2 080 per person a month
The decision will provide relief to children whose parents’ identity documents have been marked as suspicious or under investigation
How many law-abiding citizens reliant on state grants might be better off in prison rather than trying to feed and fend for themselves on less than $1.25 a day, or R624 a month? The income threshold for the means test for the social relief grant is R624, the food poverty line. “A food poverty line […]
Despite being protected in South Africa by law, these groups have been swept aside when it comes to relief packages