Discussion | Budget 2.0 | Minister’s second attempt at managing expectations

JOHANNESBURG - Social Relief of Distress Grants cost around R33-billion.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has suggested scrapping it could offset the R60-billion budget shortfall.

WATCH | SRD beneficiaries struggling to reactivate grants

Social Grant Activist, Elizabeth Raiters said the minister should look at different ways to gather income. 

"Corruption is a big part of why South Africa is where it is right now," she said.