THE SA Communist Party has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa and his administration to continue with the COVID-19 social relief of distress grant to help the poor ahead of his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday.
The party said the continuation of the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant will go a long way in mitigating the impact of the pandemic forcing more people into destitution, in the context of an absence of a comprehensive social security system.
“The continuation of the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant should be institutionalised as a step towards establishing a minimum income guarantee and building a comprehensive social security system,” the SACP said in a statement.
This week the party lambasted the government for being too slow in the procurement of vaccines and only focusing on Western Vaccines.
The SACP’s first deputy general secretary Solly Mapaila the procurement of vaccines shouldn’t
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