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Since it was published, the 2021 Budget has been called out as unconstitutional and austere from many corners. More than 200 social movements, civil society organisations, trade unions and individuals, in an open letter to members of Parliament, have endorsed a call for MPs to reject the Budget and send it back to the drawing board. The current Budget will cut public spending by R265-billion over the next three years in areas which directly affect human rights. The signatories of the open letter represent 1.5 million people, according to Section27, one of the signatories. The letter urges the members of Parliament to use their constitutional powers to send the Budget back to the executive. They should demand that it protects human rights and finds an alternative way of managing public debt, the letter states. ....
The #PayTheGrants campaign for the extension and increase of the Social Relief of Distress grant has been signed by more than 180 civil society organisations and makes the following demands: Extension and increase of the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant (SRD) to at least the food poverty line of R585 per person per month; Unduly harsh and narrow criteria for accessing the grant to be reassessed; Inclusion of caregivers for the SRD grant regardless of whether they are receiving a child support grant on behalf of their children; and Urgent progress towards implementation of the long overdue Basic Income Guarantee (grant). ....