SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement cuts R13-billion from social grants, including child support and SRD grants. These reductions will worsen poverty, malnutrition and vulnerability to gender-based violence. Restrictive verification processes exclude eligible recipients, while claims of fraud are used to justify cuts despite available public resources.
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) has reduced South Africa's social grants by R13 billion, including child support and SRD grants. This decision will exacerbate poverty, malnutrition, and vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV), as more people will be at risk as a direct result of these cuts. Child support grants, which have consistently protected children from the worst impacts of poverty and are the single most important intervention for improving child nutrition outcomes, are at risk of being reduced.
Thus, the cuts to social grants are arbitrary, cruel, and economically short-sighted, as there are enough untaxed wealth and resources in the country to fund all necessary priorities.
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