Amongst some of the interventions, the SACP called for food security for the unemployed, with a particular focus on rural areas
, informal settlements and townships. In addition it wanted emergency income security measures covering the unemployed, coupled with measures to ensure that employers continue to pay employed workers their wages.
“The measures should also include a temporary freeze on payments for mortgage bonds or home loans, cars and other loans. Mashilo said that strict management of cross-border capital flows should also be instituted which would allow for tighter capital account management, to protect the value of the Rand and for the government to deal decisively with and stop illicit capital flows while fostering investment in the productive sector of the economy.
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