Opinion
Year of achieving the impossible leaves Sassa, and SA, stronger
18 April 2021 - 00:00
Tomorrow will be one year since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a R500bn stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The package included several measures targeting the poor and vulnerable, including a temporary increase in various categories of social grants, and subsidies to those who had lost their jobs because of the national lockdown announced in March...
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