Image: ReutersJob seekers stand in a line hoping to be picked for employment. Chairperson of Social Security Systems Administration at the Wits School of Governance and chairperson of the Expert Panel on Basic Income Support, Prof. Alex van den Heever, says the Basic Income Grant (BIG) does not lead to syndromic dependency.
This follows an uproar caused by last week’s leak from the President’s Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) in response to a request to provide President Cyril Ramaphosa with a brief ahead of the State of the Nation Address.
Calls for the Basic Income Grant have been rising, given the […]
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