Almost two decades after a seminal report recommended that the government should pay a basic income grant of R100 a month to every South African, the idea has made a dramatic comeback with a set of non-governmental organisations and policy experts saying it is the best way to counter the devastating economic impact of the lockdown and Covid-19. The proposal is in line with international best practices, where many Covid-19 stimulus packages have sought to stabilise household incomes through innovative measures such as temporary “helicopter drops” of cash and wage guarantees for retrenched workers.
In 2002, the report of the […]
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