The Department of Social Development told Parliament that it only budgeted for 10.5 million beneficiaries for the Social Relief of Distress grant. The department crafted a new definition in the regulations to include all forms of income, "even support from family members". The budget can provide a monthly R350 to 10.5 million people people until the end of March next year. READ | Means test for R350 grant could be revised, says social development deptMinister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu said as "inadequate" as the R350 grant might be in the face of rising expenses, the grant's popularity showed that it helped many suffering households. This will continue for all Covid-19 SRD payments routed for payment by Postbank in the third iteration," the submission said.

Source: News 24 June 05, 2022 12:37 UTC