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The number of SRD applications has been growing steadily since its introduction in 2020. The 17 million applications mark was passed three months ago, but the real story is that the number of grants approved has not grown in a long time.
GDP

SA’s poor urgently need a decent universal basic income grant

The decision to provide a grant of R1 634, the upper bound poverty line, rests in the hands of the elite

  • Isobel Frye
8 min read
Large households were spending an average of R1 000 to R1 500 a month on food, the report said.
FAMILY CAREGIVING

Report finds pension grant not enough to make ends meet

About 3.9 million people in South Africa are beneficiaries of the grant, which is currently at R2 080 per person a month

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
File photo by ER Lombard/Gallo Images via Getty Images
BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Court orders home affairs not to ‘block’ children’s IDs

The decision will provide relief to children whose parents’ identity documents have been marked as suspicious or under investigation

  • Lyse Comins
5 min read
For some time, public health workers and criminologists have expressed concern that incarceration creates serious public health issues. Photo supplied
PRISON

Prisons have R385 a day to care for prisoners

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?…

  • Clive Rubin
5 min read
Scalabrini launched a constitutional challenge against two sections of the Refugees Act as well as parts of its regulations. Photo: (David Harrison/M&G)
ASYLUM SEEKERS

South Africa excludes refugees and asylum seekers from Covid-19 aid

Despite being protected in South Africa by law, these groups have been swept aside when it comes to relief packages

  • Callixte Kavuro
5 min read