PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has given hope amid despair to millions of poor South African benefiting from the monthly R350 COVID-19 social relief grant.
Ramaphosa announced on Thursday night during the state of the nation that the R350 grant would be extended for another three months.
“We have decided to extend the period for the Special COVID-19 Grant of R350 by a further three months,” Ramaphosa said.
“This has proven to be an effective and efficient short-term measure to reduce the immediate impact on the livelihoods of poor South Africans.”
Ramaphosa further announced that government has also decided to extend the COVID-19 TERS benefit until 15 March 2021 only for those sectors that have not been able to operate.
He added that the conditions of this extension and the sectors to be included will be announced after consultations with social partners at NEDLAC.
“The social and economic relief package that we
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