The universal basic income grant is a steady solution for supporting the poor and the unemployed, however the “universality” of it could only push the poor into poverty from a higher step, says the writer. Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency (ANA) Provision for a universal basic income grant for South Africa would only increase poverty and highlight inequalities among the population rather than remove them, thereby spoiling the poor with only deeper pockets of poverty.
The idea of a universal basic income is based on a cash payment made at regular intervals by the government to members of society; the […]
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