Why a basic income grant would benefit everyone

Why a basic income grant would benefit everyone

Bottom line: Introducing a basic income grant for everyone aged 18 to 59 would help older people too. Photo: Peter Turnley/Getty Images osisi Mayamo’s voice wavered as she told me that, halfway through the month, she had run out of money for electricity. She had also run out of food.

Mayamo, 64, lives with her 16 grandchildren in a damp, two-bedroom house in Dimbaza, Eastern Cape. Three of her eight children have died and the remaining five have moved to Cape Town to look for work. Only one has found a job.

Mayamo spent half her life living under apartheid , […]

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