Question NW897 to the Minister of Social Development
27 May 2020 - NW897
Ngwenya, Ms DB to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)Whether the unemployment grant will be (a) permanent and (b) increased?
Reply:
1.
(a) The decision to introduce the CoVID-19 social relief fund is a Cabinet decision that stated that it should be administered for a period between May and October 2020.
(b) Cabinet has not entertained the idea of increasing this grant.