Govt appeals ruling on ‘exclusionary’ SRD grant rules at the SCA
In January last year, the High Court found that key aspects of the grant system were unlawful.
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein will hear the government's appeal on Tuesday regarding the High Court's ruling that certain aspects of the R 370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant system are unlawful. The High Court found that the grant system, which was designed to exclude millions of eligible applicants, was unlawful.
The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and #PayTheGrants brought the lawsuit, with the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) representing them. The government is challenging the findings related to the adequacy of the R 370 monthly grant and the R 624 means test threshold, arguing that they have failed to keep pace with the rising cost of living.
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