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To: President Cyril Ramaphosa, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, Parliament of South Africa
Tell government to give pensioners R5000 and a 13th cheque in December
*Note: This is the updated version of the original campaign started in 2018.
We, the undersigned, call on you to increase the pensioners’ grant to R5000 as a start towards equalising it to the National Minimum Wage. We also call on you to give all pensioners a 13th cheque in December to help them absorb some of the pressures of extra expenses during the December holidays and in January, so families can be in a better position for the new school year.
We, the undersigned, call on you to increase the pensioners’ grant to R5000 as a start towards equalising it to the National Minimum Wage. We also call on you to give all pensioners a 13th cheque in December to help them absorb some of the pressures of extra expenses during the December holidays and in January, so families can be in a better position for the new school year.
We join the call with civil society organisations advocating that budgets are a political tool and that prioritising revenue is required to address our most urgent political problems. The government should tax the super-rich fairly so it can provide adequate grants to Mzansi pensioners.
Why is this important?
Pensioners are struggling to survive on their current R2400 social grant. For years, they have been calling on the government to increase their grant and give them a 13th cheque in December. The government has only ever made promises to end hunger and poverty, but pensioners are struggling to afford basic needs and are being continually left behind.
Many of us know that pensioners are heading households and supporting their families using their grant money. With the high cost of living and high food prices, it is impossible for a family to survive on R2400.
Pensioners deserve to live dignified lives. Giving them a grant is not a favour, it is money they deserve after paying taxes their whole lives and now no longer eligible to work to support themselves. Sign the petition to stand with pensioners in their call for economic justice and dignity.
Many of us know that pensioners are heading households and supporting their families using their grant money. With the high cost of living and high food prices, it is impossible for a family to survive on R2400.
Pensioners deserve to live dignified lives. Giving them a grant is not a favour, it is money they deserve after paying taxes their whole lives and now no longer eligible to work to support themselves. Sign the petition to stand with pensioners in their call for economic justice and dignity.
