Letter to the President proposing a solution to the current SRD Grants crisis

The Institute for Economic Justice argues that bureaucratic delays at SASSA have prevented the payment of April and May 2022 SRD grants, affecting up to 10 million people. The letter proposes emergency measures, such as payment based on applicant declarations or prioritizing previously verified beneficiaries, to prevent widespread hunger.

• SASSA has failed to meet government promises to pay outstanding SRD grants by June 2022, with April back payments scheduled for July and May back payments for August.
• The payment crisis affects approximately 10 million beneficiaries and, including their dependents, nearly half of the South African population.
• The author proposes an emergency condonation and payment of all April-May applications based on declarations, noting that fraudulent claims have historically been low at around 0.2%.
• An alternative proposed remedy is to immediately pay applicants from April and May who were already approved as beneficiaries up to March 2022, as they have already undergone verification.

APA

Coleman, N. (2022). Letter to the President proposing a solution to the current SRD Grants crisis. Institute for Economic Justice. https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Letter-to-President-Ramaphosa-22-June-2022-1.pdf

Chicago

Coleman, Neil. Letter to the President proposing a solution to the current SRD Grants crisis. Institute for Economic Justice, 2022. https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Letter-to-President-Ramaphosa-22-June-2022-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{coleman2022letter, author = {Coleman, Neil}, title = {{Letter to the President proposing a solution to the current SRD Grants crisis}}, publisher = {Institute for Economic Justice}, year = {2022}, month = jun, url = {https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Letter-to-President-Ramaphosa-22-June-2022-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }