Mid-Term Budget Expectation - New Family Grant Proposed For SA

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will propose that the Covid-19 social relief of distress grant be terminated and replaced with a ‘family grant’, the City Press reports. The new grant, set to be outlined in Godongwana’s first medium-term budget policy statement on 11 November, would only be given to the head of a family household instead of individuals. We speak to Prof. Alex Van Den Heever, Chair of Social Security Systems Administration And Management Studies at Wits University to find out more. <a href="http://kaya959.co.za">Kaya 959 Website</a>