Claim: The social relief of distress grant has lifted 5 million people above the food poverty line.
Fact-check: South Africa's Covid grant reached 9.5 million and lifted 5 million from poverty? President Ramaphosa's numbers don't quite add up
Verdict: understated/exaggerated
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Naledi Mashishi
Date published: 2022-02-03T00:00:00