LETTER: Yes to a basic income grant — with strings
Every able-bodied, unemployed person should have to perform a community service
15 September 2020 - 16:44
All South Africans should support the op-ed from the Black Sash and Mary Burton calling for a basic income grant to all South Africans and residents (“Why all South Africans should back a basic income grant”, September 13).
However, I would suggest one revision to the idea. Every able-bodied person who receives such a grant and is unemployed should be required in return to perform some community service. This could range from guarding school toilets to uprooting alien vegetation...
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