# The GOOD Party says the latest food poverty figures highlight the inadequacy of the 370-rand social relief of distress grant. The party argues the grant falls well below the 868-rand monthly amount needed to meet an adult’s basic daily food requirements. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron calls for the SRD grant to be replaced with a basic income grant of at least one-thousand-457-rand to help millions of unemployed South Africans meet their basic needs:
GOOD Party says new food poverty line exposes SRD grant inadequacies [SOUND]
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