Yes, we can afford to guarantee basic income

Yes, we can afford to guarantee basic income

The resurgence of the Covid-19 Social Pain Relief Grant by President Cyril Ramaphosa and its expansion into caregivers bring us one step closer to guaranteeing basic income.

The Covid-19 pandemic has returned the idea of ​​Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) to the agenda. this is, Civil Society Group and Community Organizer .. It recognizes that in the context of the long-standing structural unemployment crisis, poverty and inequality cannot only be addressed by expanding employment.

However, the monthly R350 SRD grant can cover at most 60% of a person’s minimum food intake. In the short term, SRD grants should be increased to at […]

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