Basic social grants must be linked to expanded Public Works Programme in the country

Basic social grants must be linked to expanded Public Works Programme in the country

Dr Thami Mazwai is the chairman of Mtiya Dynamics, which specialises in enterprise and supplier development. Photo: Supplied The calls for a basic income grant (BIG) for the unemployed are going to feature in our national dialogue until we deal with the gogga known as poverty, unemployment, and inequality (PUI).

For the record, more than 2.2 million lost their jobs and the total unemployed is over 12 million. In the small business sector close to 47 percent formal entities gasp for oxygen and some have had to close.

According to StatsSA, more than 30 million South Africans live on less than […]

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