The DA wants to double the child-support grant if it gets into government next year.Party leader Mmusi Maimane said on Thursday that the amount should be raised to R800 if it is to be sufficient to raise a child and fight malnutrition. He was addressing the media in Tshwane on the party’s proposed resolutions ahead of this weekend’s elective conference. "I think it is criminal in SA that one in four children die every day thanks to malnutrition. So whatever the social assistance package you put forward to South Africans‚ invariably [it] does not address the question of malnutrition‚" said Maimane. He said the DA was looking to raise the amount to bring it in line with what it costs to raise a child. "There have been a number of debates ... there were people who raised the debate about ‘can we put vouchers on the table?’ that will be debated." He said others favoured a cash transfer, but "even with including the increase this year to R410, it simply isn’t sufficient as an assault on ...
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