Extending Covid grant a step towards income guarantees
Pandemic has exposed the problems with our economic system and reliance on wage work for economic security
In the face of the global pandemic and the resultant national lockdown, millions of people lost their jobs, income and support systems overnight. Most people in informal or precarious employment did not have any income protection.
The latest data from the National Income Dynamics Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile (Nids-Cram (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/2020-10-05-who-urges-greater-funding-for-mental-health-due-to-covid-19-effects/)), which examined the socioeconomic impacts of the national lockdown, indicate devastating and persistent loss of up to half of all jobs. The study shows that the impact of the escalation of poverty and hunger has been most acutely felt by poor, black women...
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