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The Universal Basic Income Coalition (UBIC) submitted comments on April 14, 2025, regarding proposed amendments to the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant regulations. UBIC argues that the amendments fail to address systemic barriers to access, ignore a January 2025 Gauteng High Court ruling on the unlawful nature of current exclusionary provisions, and maintain a grant value and means test that are significantly below the food poverty line.

This case study describes a community dialogue initiative established in 2021 between the towns of Hoekwil and Touwsranten in the Western Cape, South Africa. Facilitated by the Institute for Security Studies, the initiative aimed to bridge racial and class divides to address shared safety concerns and economic instability.

A press statement by the Institute for Economic Justice and other civil society organizations denouncing the South African government's failure to pay Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grants in April and May 2022, citing administrative chaos and restrictive new eligibility criteria.

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and #PayTheGrants (#PTG), through the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI), filed a court case in the North Gauteng High Court on 21 July 2023. The legal challenge targets regulations and implementation of the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, which the applicants argue unlawfully exclude millions of people in poverty and violate constitutional rights to social assistance and food.