Joint Statement: Response to State of the Nation Address extension of the Covid-19 SRD

A joint statement by the Institute for Economic Justice and partners responding to the extension of the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, arguing that the temporary measure is insufficient and exclusionary.

• The three-month extension of the R350 COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is viewed as a short-sighted measure that fails to include caregivers, who are predominantly women.
• The authors call for the SRD grant's eligibility criteria to be amended to include caregivers and for the grant amount to be raised to a minimum of R585 per month to meet the Food Poverty Line.
• The statement asserts that because the economic crisis existed before the pandemic and is expected to be long-term, temporary relief instruments are no longer appropriate.

APA

Institute for Economic Justice (2021). Joint Statement: Response to State of the Nation Address extension of the Covid-19 SRD. https://iej.org.za/press-room/statements/joint-statement-response-to-state-of-the-nation-address-extension-of-the-covid-19-srd/

Chicago

Institute for Economic Justice. Joint Statement: Response to State of the Nation Address extension of the Covid-19 SRD. 2021. https://iej.org.za/press-room/statements/joint-statement-response-to-state-of-the-nation-address-extension-of-the-covid-19-srd/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Institute for Economic Justice |title=Joint Statement: Response to State of the Nation Address extension of the Covid-19 SRD |date=12 February 2021 |url=https://iej.org.za/press-room/statements/joint-statement-response-to-state-of-the-nation-address-extension-of-the-covid-19-srd/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{instituteforeconomicjustice2021joint, author = {{Institute for Economic Justice}}, title = {{Joint Statement: Response to State of the Nation Address extension of the Covid-19 SRD}}, publisher = {Institute for Economic Justice}, year = {2021}, month = feb, url = {https://iej.org.za/press-room/statements/joint-statement-response-to-state-of-the-nation-address-extension-of-the-covid-19-srd/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }