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20 years of SASSA: How the SRD grant became a lifeline for millions (opens the original)
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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 payments, court challenges and a major fraud problem. It has also raised a question of whether paying unemployed adults discourages them from looking for work. New research suggests that it does not. President Cyril Ramaphos
SIU asked to investigate farm worker equity schemes (opens the original)
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The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development has approached the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate the failure of farm worker equity schemes (FWES). This follows significant pressure by civil society organisations and Parliament on the department to investigate the disbursement of millions of rands to farm worker equity schemes, many of which have failed or are untraceable. The equity schemes were established in the 1990s to economically benefit farm workers. The erstwhile De
Elections 2026: N1 town’s decade of decay (opens the original)
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If there were three things Elaine Wessels could fix in her suburb in Beaufort West, it would be the gravel roads, streetlighting and the time it takes the municipality to respond to electricity and water complaints. Wessels has lived for the past 35 years in Rustdene in the house of her late mother. She lives with her five adult children, all of whom are unemployed. She works as a cleaner in a community work programme, a state initiative for otherwise unemployed residents. She turns 60 next year
Elections 2026: N1 town’s decade of decay (opens the original)
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If there were three things Elaine Wessels could fix in her suburb in Beaufort West, it would be the gravel roads, streetlighting and the time it takes the municipality to respond to electricity and water complaints. Wessels has lived for the past 35 years in Rustdene in the house of her late mother. She lives with her five adult children, all of whom are unemployed. She works as a cleaner in a community work programme, a state initiative for otherwise unemployed residents. She turns 60 next year
Elections 2026: N1 town’s decade of decay (opens the original)
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If there were three things Elaine Wessels could fix in her suburb in Beaufort West, it would be the gravel roads, streetlighting and the time it takes the municipality to respond to electricity and water complaints. Wessels has lived for the past 35 years in Rustdene in the house of her late mother. She lives with her five adult children, all of whom are unemployed. She works as a cleaner in a community work programme, a state initiative for otherwise unemployed residents. She turns 60 next year
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