Covid grant does even less as food prices soar
Food prices are rising as SDR grant recipients struggle to buy basic necessities.
Food prices are rising as SDR grant recipients struggle to buy basic necessities.
Tomase still has longer to wait for her ID document that will give her and her children access to a social grant or the covid-19 emergency relief grant as a cushion against their grinding poverty.
Covid-19 and the consequent lockdown has affected communal food gardens that contribute to food security for the poor in Alexandra.