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Podcast: The Daily Discourse
Episode: SRD court ruling: a victory for social protection
Description: Last week, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the 2023 regulations governing the R370 Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant are unconstitutional and invalid. The ruling dismantles several restrictive measures imposed by the South African Social Security Agency, which limited access to the grant for many eligible South Africans. In simple terms, the courts declared it unconstitutional to deny applicants the R370 SRD grant solely because they receive irregular income. The court also ordered SASSA to allow in- person applications at its offices, scrap the bank verificationrequirement because it excluded unbanked citizen and overhauled the appeal pr...