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

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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.
10 Nov 2021 11AM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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