National Budget Speech - Civil Society warns of social grants cuts by Radio Islam International published on 2023-02-22T08:58:06Z The budget is likely to roll back social grants yet again, but if it does so, the government will be challenged. That is the warning from the Institute for Economic Justice. It claims that the President has committed to extending the Social Relief of Distress grant, which could be the foundation for a game-changing universal basic income system. Treasury, on the other hand, has a different perspective. Kelle Howson, speaking on Radio Islam International, said they welcomed the President's announcement at the State of the Nation Address that South Africa's social grants would receive an inflation-based increase in 2023, with the hope that it would also apply to the social relief of distress grant, which is an essential cornerstone of the social grant system. However, there are indications that this will not be the case.
