FOOD BASKET CHECK: SRD grant, set for a ‘redesign’, falls R60 short of our list of basic food items

2026-03-05 - 10:13

In the 2026 State of the Nation Address the President said the Social Relief of Distress grant will remain for another year, until 31 March 2027, unchanged at R370. It would be redesigned to ‘effectively support livelihoods, skills development, work opportunities and productive activity’.