A new survey has found that 85% of all South Africans needed help either financially, emotionally or both as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
An additional 55% require financial assistance but have no access to credit and another 96% are stressed about their health, finances or both.
The poll was commissioned by Debt Rescue.
The poll also shows that only 26% of the respondents have successfully applied for a payment holiday while 51% said they had no savings to fall back on.
Other findings of the survey include:
45% of respondents have been affected by either retrenchment, temporary layoff or salary reductions
30% have no idea what the impact will be on their salaries
16% rely on credit
36% had to dip into savings to make ends meet