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SRD grant is not keeping people out of work, evidence shows (opens the original)
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New research challenges the idea that South Africaâs SRD grant discourages people from seeking work. The evidence suggests cash support can help people look for jobs, but lasting employment still depends on whether those jobs exist. When the government announced the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant in 2020, it was meant to be a temporary response to the Covid-19 crisis. More than six years later, millions of people still depend on it. The grant has survived the end of the state of disaste
20 years of SASSA: How the SRD grant became a lifeline for millions (opens the original)
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The Social Relief of Distress grant was introduced in 2020 as a temporary measure to offset the effects of the covid lockdown. Six years later, millions of people still rely on the grant for survival. Graphic: Lisa Nelson When the government announced the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant in 2020, it was meant to be a temporary response to the covid crisis. More than six years later, millions of people still depend on it. The grant has survived the end of the state of disaster, a break in pa
Five years later: Bester prison escape trial set for April 2027 (opens the original)
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Nandipha Magudumana and Thabo Bester in court on 8 August 2023. The trial has now been set to start on 19 April 2027, almost five years after his prison escape. Archive photo: Becker Semela The trial of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and his co-accused has been postponed to April 2027. This is nearly five years after his prison escape and four years after he was rearrested. Bester is charged with escaping from Mangaung Correctional Centre in May 2022. Nandipha Magudumana and six othe
Judges grill Treasury on SRD grant (opens the original)
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Expanding the Social Relief of Distress grant could cost up to R139-billion a year, the National Treasury told the Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday. Graphic: Lisa Nelson The government has warned that expanding the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant as ordered by the high court could cost the state up to R139-billion a year. On Tuesday, the Department of Social Development (DSD), SASSA and National Treasury defended the grant’s regulations before the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). The appea
Home or hospice: The debate over the closure of St Luke’s inpatient unit (opens the original)
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The inpatient unit at St Luke’s Combined Hospices in Kenilworth closed nearly two years ago. The organisation concluded it was unsustainable. But former staff and volunteers argue it needs to be reopened. Photos supplied St Luke’s is a much respected institution that has been looking after people with life-threatening illnesses in Cape Town since 1980. But there’s a debate over how best to provide its services. The disagreement is about the closing of the organisation’s inpatient unit in Decembe
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