Srd Grant Ruling Paves Way For Universal Basic Income Grant

The PayTheGrants Campaign says the ruling on the Social Relief of Distress SRD regulations is a major victory for beneficiaries and those previously excluded, due to the South African Social Security Agency's SASSA restrictive regulations.

On Thursday, the High Court in Pretoria declared SASSAs 2023 regulations limiting access to the R350 grant as unconstitutional and invalid.

This comes after the Campaign and the Institute for Economic Justice IEJ represented by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute SERI, brought the case to court, supported by 79 grant applicant affidavits.

PayTheGrants Deputy Director, Elizabeth Raiters says the ruling paves the way for a universal basic income grant.

"The judge was very fair in his ruling because SASSA really didnt understand the implications of all the regulations put in place to actually exclude these beneficiaries that have been going hungry, especially with the unemployment rate being so high in South Africa and there are no jobs. I would really say this is the right steppingstone towards universal basic income grant, explains Raiters.