Black Sash to picket for extension of Covid-19 relief grant
Activist group Black Sash and community members are set to picket outside South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) offices across the country on Friday.
This comes after the announcement by Sassa that the Covid-19 Social Relief Distress (SRD) grant is coming to an end on Friday.
Community activist General Alfred Moyo say they want the relief grant to continue until it is turned into a Basic Income Guarantee .
"We demand an increase of this R350 to at least R585, and that should push us to and agitate communities for a fight for this grand to be made a permanent Basic Income Guarantee," says Moyo.
He stresses that the increased grant would not solve the poverty faced by communities however it could put food on the table.
The pickets are expected to take place at 11 am.
