GOOD demands removal of barriers to Social Relief of Distress grant access [SOUND]

# The GOOD Party is calling on the government to immediately remove all pre-qualification barriers to accessing the Social Relief of Distress grant. The party says the South African Social Security Agency continues to delay or deny SRD payments, even to approved beneficiaries, due to technical barriers such as unverified banking details or pending identity verification. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says social assistance must be designed to reach people quickly, not to exclude them through bureaucratic red tape: