OP-ED: Averting South Africa’s political crisis: Will the basic income grant cut it?

OP-ED: Averting South Africa’s political crisis: Will the basic income grant cut it?

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TO REMOVE THIS PHOTO WRITE US abuse@theworldnews.net The proposal for a universal basic income or basic income grant has been on the table for almost 20 years, with seemingly waning enthusiasm from policymakers over time. After the recent series of violent protests in parts of the country that exposed mounting political and economic frustrations, President Cyril Ramaphosa has brought the proposal back into the spotlight.

Gugu Resha is the Machel-Mandela Fellow at The Brenthurst Foundation The initial proposal in 2002 was driven by […]

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