EFF president wants social grants to start at R4 500, promises allowance for unemployed graduates
” Free electricity On the same day, he addressed EFF supporters in Mpumalanga, where he also took a moment to slam the amount of social grants, citing that elders in the country are responsible for raising many grandchildren; therefore, the R2 400 and R2 420 old age recipients receive per month is too little; he wants the grants to start at R4 500.
Malema, on Saturday at the party’s provincial manifesto launch in the North West, promised a raft of measures to tackle the challenges facing young South Africans, including support for unemployed graduates, while arguing that the current social grants, particularly the R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, are not enough.
View Map The SRD grant was introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic as emergency support for unemployed and vulnerable South Africans.
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