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What will happen post- October when the current relief package comes to an end? The objective of the webinar is to discuss how South Africa can build better social protection after the end of the country’s 6-month emergency relief measures. [...] Focus What social protection rights do people in South Africa have and has this been protected during the COVID-19 pandemic? South Africa has a social wage - Public services - Raising the amount of existing grants and implementing social assistance benefits for people. [...] What has the COVID-19 crisis revealed? - The pandemic has identified the gap in social protection for people between 18-59 years. [...] How well were the government interventions implemented to provide social relief? - Government introduced two new grants- the care-givers grants and the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grants. [...] - Fiscal position of government has worsened since the beginning of the year so government is likely to argue that they cannot afford to increase grants.