President Cyril Ramaphosa has given a strong signal that the 350 rand Social Relief of Distress Grant will be extended beyond March next year. Addressing COSATU's three-day Central Committee gathering, President Ramaphosa said the level of unemployment in the country is beyond a crisis. He said there's a need to extend more support to the unemployed and the poor.

The three-day Central Committee gathering comes as Cosatu is besieged by divisions arising in collective bargaining, differences within the tripartite alliance and a jobs bloodbath in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. We spoke to  COSATU president, Zingiswa Losi