The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has reiterated calls for the introduction of a basic income grant as an long-term extension of the Covid-19 financial support currently being offered to South Africans.
In a presentation on Wednesday (24 September), Saftu secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi said that the social grants currently being offered to citizens was ‘tokenistically low’.
“Threats to end these increases in October must be withdrawn. The Temporary Employee / Employer Relief Scheme (TERS) of R350 a month must be transformed into a Basic Income Grant of R1,500 at least, so as to boost effective demand for all South […]
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