Black Sash, a human rights organization, has demanded that the R350 SRD SASSA stipend be increased, enhanced, and expanded. The organization has been at the forefront of calls for the R350 SRD to be extended beyond the initial deadline and for a universal Basic Income Grant (BIG), together with other organizations. Poverty, inequality and unemployment are not mere challenges, they are the most profound crisis confronting democratic South Africa according to Back Sash. “It is crucial that the government addresses the glaring gaps in the current social assistance framework for the unemployed. In…