Malema proposes raising social grants to at least R4,500 ahead of local elections

EFF leader Julius Malema proposed increasing social grants to at least R4,500 during the party's provincial manifesto launch in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga. He stated that the government should support unemployed youth and promised that SASSA grants would not be taken away but doubled instead. Malema emphasized the role of grandmothers in supporting families and accused the government of misusing public funds.