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Looking at the SASSA grant system in South Africa and its function during the national lockdown
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16th April 2020
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The Mediated Conversation: Looking at the SASSA grant system in South Africa and its function during the national lockdown
Guests:
Mervyn Abrahams, Coordinator for the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group
Isobel Frye, Director of the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute
Ihsaan Bassier, PhD candidate in Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
https://spii.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Looking-at-the-SASSA-grant-system-in-South-Africa-and-its-function-during-the-national-lockdown.mp3
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