Submission | IEJ and #PTG SRD Grant Regulations | IEJ

The Institute for Economic Justice criticizes the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant for a 50% exclusion error rate and opposes proposed regulatory amendments that maintain the R350 value, set a short extension date of March 2025, and introduce punitive recovery or cancellation measures.

• The Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is characterized by a high rate of exclusion errors, estimated at roughly 50% of eligible people, caused by budget shortages and systemic barriers in the application, approval, and appeal stages. The Institute for Economic Justice argues that prioritizing the reduction of inclusion errors over exclusion errors violates the constitutional duty to progressively realize the right to social assistance.
• The Institute for Economic Justice opposes several proposed amendments to the SRD grant regulations, arguing they risk increasing exclusion errors and contradict government policy. Specifically, they reject the retention of the R350 monthly grant value for a fifth year due to its diminishing real value, the extension of regulations only until March 2025 (advocating instead for the end of the 2025/26 financial year), and new clauses regarding the recovery of funds from irregular beneficiaries and the cancellation of payments after 90 days for untraceable applicants.

APA

iej_admin (2024). Submission | IEJ and #PTG SRD Grant Regulations | IEJ. Institute for Economic Justice. https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/iej-ptg-srd-submission/

Chicago

iej_admin. Submission | IEJ and #PTG SRD Grant Regulations | IEJ. Institute for Economic Justice, 2024. https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/iej-ptg-srd-submission/.

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BibTeX

@misc{iejadmin2024submission, author = {iej\_admin}, title = {{Submission | IEJ and \#PTG SRD Grant Regulations | IEJ}}, publisher = {Institute for Economic Justice}, year = {2024}, month = mar, url = {https://iej.org.za/resource/submission/iej-ptg-srd-submission/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }