South Africa to Resume Covid-19 Grants After Millions Go Unpaid
- Over 10 million people didn’t receive stipend in April and May
- Government reinstated grant after deadly riots in July 2021
Cyril Ramaphosa
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South Africa will resume payment of a Covid-19 grant after millions of people who rely on the stipend went unpaid for two months.
The so-called Social Relief of Distress, or SRD grant, wasn’t remitted in April and May after the government changed the criteria for the payments, according to the Johannesburg-based Institute for Economic Justice. More than 10 million beneficiaries of the stipend have been affected, it said in a statement this week.