When President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday, February 10, he is anticipated to announce the renewal of the R350 COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) award. In January, Ramaphosa met with a group of civil society organizations, along with Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, to discuss the possibility of extending and improving the R350 grant. The collective, which consisted of Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), Black Sash Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), #PayTheGrants, and Ama…

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