DUMA GQUBULE: Universal basic income the answer to SA’s economic woes
Those who oppose the grant do not have adequate alternatives to boost economy and cut unemployment rate
03 December 2024 - 05:00
I have known Social Policy Initiative executive director Isobel Frye, a veteran campaigner for a universal basic income, for many years. We are preachers’ children, and her dad knew my father, who passed away in 2016.
For a long time I did not apply my mind to the universal basic income question. Later, as SA’s economic crisis intensified, I thought we would have to make a choice between it and a job guarantee, the two great causes within international progressive movements. I now believe we must do both. ..
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