evidence: II. The Pandemic Unemployment Payment—a payment available to those who have lost employment due pandemic at a flat rate of €350 per week. [...] On March 2, the government temporarily relaxed the limit on non-worked hours eligible for partial unemployment benefits for hospitality, tourism and event sectors (up to 100 percent for April and then back to 50 percent). The current partial unemployment scheme was maintained at 100 percent and extended to end May. [...] The government assisted companies and workers facing distress through the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and special programs from the Industrial Development Corporation. UIF benefits, which had been extended until January 2021, were further extended until April 2021. Additional funds were made available for the health response to COVID-19, workers with an income below a certain threshold received a small tax subsidy for four months, and the most vulnerable families received temporarily higher social grant amounts until end-October 2020. A new temporary COVID-19 grant, created to cover unemployed workers that do not receive grants or UIF benefits, was extended through April 2021. The number of food parcels for distribution was increased and additional funds were allocated in the 2021 budget for public works programs. Funds were made available to assist SMEs under stress, mainly in the tourism and hospitality sectors, and small-scale farmers operating in the poultry, livestock, and vegetables sectors including a new 1.2 billion Rand Tourism Equity Fund announced in late January 2021. An official loan guarantee scheme was introduced to provide bank loans, guaranteed by the government, to eligible businesses to assist them during the pandemic with operational expenses.