Our vision for a better life for all South Africans can be achieved with a #BasicIncomeGrant (BIG).
More funds in excluded communities means more spending power to support local traders & more community-based businesses to sprout. youtu.be/_pcZQSnyCyE

#BasicIncomeForAll

We are in Kwamhlanga today following up on our 2022 training in Debt, Credit and Consumer Rights! National Financial Ombud Scheme South Africa (NFO) Black Sash Stellenbosch University

Access to social security is a constitutional right, yet millions of grant recipients face growing indignity & barriers to getting their meagre grants. Black Sash's new doc #BrokenPromises lays bare this crisis. #MakingHumanRightsReal youtu.be/vOaLvo6klfI

COVID-19, digitization, payment issues - South Africa's social grant system is under unprecedented threat. Black Sash's hard-hitting #BrokenPromises doc follows beneficiaries battling to survive as the system crumbles around them. #MakingHumanRightsReal youtu.be/vOaLvo6klfI

#BrokenPromises : A powerful new Black Sash documentary exposing how South Africa's social grant system is failing the poorest & most vulnerable. Watch it and join the fight to protect dignity and rights for all. youtu.be/vOaLvo6klfI

#MakingHumanRightsReal #AccessForAll

Mpumalanga pensioners furious that #SASSA paypoint closed groundup.org.za/article/mpumal… via GroundUp Black Sash PayTheGrants

Black Sash said the closure of the pay point would subject beneficiaries to travelling costs and/or bank charges.

Remember to join us today at 11:00 for the premiere of our documentary on YouTube this #HumanRightsDay

Tune in to the Black Sash YouTube Channel: youtu.be/vOaLvo6klfI

#MakingHumanRightsReal #SocialGrants #AccessForAll #HandsOffOurGrants

REMINDER: Join our #BlackSashWatchParty on YouTube this Human Rights Day, 21 March 2024, 11h00. Learn about the impact of pay point and post office closures on social grant beneficiaries.

Watch here bit.ly/blacksashyoutu…
#HumanRightsDay #SocialJustice #MakingHumanRightsReal

The R20 increase in Social Relief of Distress grant is a ‘slap in the face’ – #PayTheGrant s activist dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0… PayTheGrants Black Sash

An activist from #PayTheGrant said the increase wouldn’t cover inflation, let alone help pay for a basket of basic foodstuff.

Join our #BlackSashWatchParty on YouTube, Human Rights Day 21 Mar, 11AM. Hear how closure of pay points & post offices impact social grant beneficiaries. Together, we can work towards ensuring access to social grants with dignity for all.

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Yesterday was day 1 of our Debt, Credit and Consumer Rights training with community leaders and community advice offices from across Mpumalanga.

This is a Black Sash project in collaboration with LSE Stellenbosch University Law Clinic, and the National Financial Ombud Scheme South Africa (NFO) 📝

SUBMISSION | Read our comments on the latest draft #SRD grant regulations.
In short - New criteria will further exclude deserving beneficiaries, while still-only-R350, a 1-year extension, & additional punitive measures contradict stated government policy. iej.org.za/iej-ptg-srd-su…

Black Sash accepted the invitation from DSD to comment on the #SRDGrant regulations. Hoping for meaningful consideration this time around, and eagerly awaiting the final regulations for a new and improved grant as promised by the Minister of Finance

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Forwards to Basic Income! NOW!

Gathering in Cape Town for the UBIC strategic planning session hosted by Black Sash ! From envisioning Universal Basic Income to igniting dreams, we are sculpting a future of empowerment together, strategizing for the year ahead to advance the call for UBI! 💫 #UBIC

The Civil Society Working Group ( #CSWG ), headed by Open Secrets & supported by a number of others including Defend our Democracy, today launched a collective response to the #ZondoCommission report. The doc can be accessed here: opensecrets.org.za/a-collective-c…
PARI - Public Affairs Research Institute OUTA

The Finance Minister speaks about a new and improved grant, but the draft regulations recently published show no signs of any improvement.

#MakingHumanRightsReal #BasicIncome #18to59

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IINDABA EZIMNANDI | 7⃣ factsheets on a #UniversalBasicIncomeGuarantee for 🇿🇦 are now available in 𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗫𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗔 (& in isiZulu, Sepedi, English, & Afrikaans). The factsheets summarise international & local evidence on #BasicIncome . Read & share them! iej.org.za/xhosa-ubig-fac…

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