Government must extend the Covid-19 SRD Grant!
The Black Sash, #PayTheGrants, Katekani Community Project, Barona Child Care and Support Centre and REHECAPRO will on Thursday 22 April 2021, picket and handover an Open Letter to the Department
“This project confirms the importance of building and strengthening the relationship between law firms undertaking public interest litigation and civil society to achieve particular outcomes. I applaud Black Sash on the very important work it is doing.”
Charles Abrahams
Black Sash
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Letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister Tito Mboweni and Minister Lindiwe Zulu.
Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister Tito Mboweni and Minister Lindiwe Zulu We wrote to you in January requesting an urgent meeting to discuss the imminent termination of the COVID-19 Social
No time left for another BIG delay!
As we commemorate Human Rights Day in 2021, we are acutely aware that the democratic constitutional state has lost ground in the fight against unemployment, poverty and inequality. Proposals for
Open Letter to Finance Minister: Budget places the poor on the altar of fiscal consolidation.
Dear Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni, RE: Budget places the poor on the altar of ‘fiscal consolidation’ Minister Tito Mboweni, the 2021 Budget Speech, on Wednesday 24 February 2021, failed
Former minister Bathabile Dlamini Defies Constitutional Court.
The Black Sash Trust, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Freedom Under Law are deeply concerned about Bathabile Dlamini’s refusal to pay legal costs awarded against her for her
#PayTheGrants Joint Statement.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address announced a three month extension of the R350 COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, but falls short on long term planning
