The Black Sash welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant is extended to March 2023, as stated in his State of the Nation
On Tuesday 18 January 2022 our civil society collective met with President Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister Lindiwe Zulu and Minister Enoch Godongwana. The meeting was about the urgent need for permanent
President Cyril Ramaphosa, supported by Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu and Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, met with a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) collective on Tuesday, 18 January 2022.
Civil society organisations campaigning for basic income are becoming increasingly alarmed by the fact that National Treasury seems determined to unilaterally, and secretively, push through a woefully misguided and unfeasible
The Black Sash Trust and the Centre for Applied Legal Studies welcome the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions in Gauteng to prosecute former Minister Bathabile Dlamini for perjury
The Black Sash welcomes the decision announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 25 July 2021 that the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant will be reinstated until March 2022.
We are a human rights organisation advocating for social justice in South Africa. Our work is deeply committed to understanding and promoting social protection in South Africa.
