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This, Ramaphosa said, was something many South Africans would appreciate.
But, he said: “We have also said we will continue conversations with them. During this time we will engage in broad consultations and deep technical work to identify the best options to replace this grant. Any further support must pass the test of our own affordability and must not come at the expense of basic services or at the risk of unsustainable spending.”
He said the grant has provided support to more than 12-million unemployed people who were most vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic that landed on SA shores in March 2020.
Ramaphosa told the story of Thando Makhubu from Soweto, who he said used his R350, which he had saved for seven months, to start an ice-cream store which now employs four people.
Another person whose story he relayed was Lindokuhle Msomi, an “unemployed TV producer” from KwaMashu hostel, who saved the R350 for nine months to start a fast-food stall and to support his family.
It is the government’s ambition to establish a minimum level of support for those in greatest need, said Ramaphosa.
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