Covid-19 relief grant recipients: Poverty alleviation must be consistent
In a recent ANC Lekgotla President Cyril Ramaphosa – in his capacity as president of the ANC – said the party had agreed to consider extending the basic income relief to unemployed people who do not receive state assistance. The pandemic gave rise to already high unemployment numbers, and the Covid-19 grant was announced during the first wave of the pandemic. The socio-economic effects of Covid-19 will not go away overnight. The R350 grant expired on Sunday 31 January and no new applications will be processed. We spoke to some folks who have received the grant previously, and have recently applied for assistance.