There are signs that the treasury plans to exclude some recipients from the
grants system through a new identity verification process. (File photo)
The government’s plan to slash just over R20 billion from the grant budget has sparked an alarmed response from political parties and advocacy groups, who point to the critical role that grants play in sustaining poor South Africans.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s medium-term budget policy statement last week announced that…
