R350 SRD grant challenge in SCA

The Supreme Court of Appeal will today hear government's appeal on the 2025 North Gauteng High Court ruling on the R370 Social Relief of Distress Grant introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

In 2025, the High Court found that critical aspects of the grant system were unlawfully designed in a manner that excluded millions of otherwise eligible applicants and declared key provisions unconstitutional and invalid.

However, the State argues that it is unaffordable and the system was designed as a temporary COVID-19 relief and not a permanent basic income grant.

To tell more, we are joined by the Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Justice, Dr Gilad Isaacs,


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