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TimesLive reports that according to Department of Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu, the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) is working on a plan to help those receiving the R350 social relief distress grant (SRD) find work.
She was responding to a parliamentary question by the EFF, which asked “what measures of intervention will her department take to accommodate the more than 500,000 people that will be excluded from the SRD due to budget constraints?” Zulu’s department was allocated a R44bn budget that can only accommodate 10.5-million SRD beneficiaries until the end of March 2023. Zulu said: “Currently, Sassa is in the process of establishing a data-sharing relationship with the departments of public works and infrastructure, and employment and labour, with the goal of assisting Covid-19 SRD recipients to gain access to employment opportunities. Furthermore, the department has finalised a framework on linking social protection beneficiaries to sustainable livelihoods initiatives, with the view to provide skills targeting the unemployed and those on the SRD database to enhance chances of employment.” Zulu said the department would focus on vulnerable individuals, with a particular focus on youth and women. “These measures are intended to provide for those who cannot be accommodated through the social grants or the SRD grant and to channel them into more sustainable jobs and other economic activities,” Zulu indicated.
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