Horrifying Failure by State Sounds No Alarm – Isobel Frye

The utter disregard shown by the state towards the poor in South Africa reached a new low this month. The failure of the state to pay the Social Relief of Distress Grant, better known as the R350 grant, for two months is a policy marker that evidences the refusal of the government to meet its constitutional obligations to provide for the poor and vulnerable in South Africa.