New welfare grant is on the table — the question is how much
The government must now consider what form its targeted income grants will take and — big question — what it can afford
21 July 2021 - 20:09
The pressure and the rationale to introduce a basic income grant (BIG) of some sort has never been greater.
While there has always been a constitutional imperative that all South Africans "have the right ... to social security, including, if they are unable to support themselves and their dependants, appropriate social assistance", the idea has been much discussed but never adopted by the ANC...
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