South Africa can afford to pay a Universal Basic Income Grant, says the writer. Archive photo of Villiersdorp: Ashraf Hendricks The first two articles in this series focused on defining a Universal Basic Income Grant (UBIG) and explaining its impacts and the evolving debate about its implementation. One of the most contested issues in the debate is whether or not South Africa can afford it. That’s the topic we tackle in this last article in the series.
Debates about the affordability of a UBIG tend to focus on the “gross” financing costs – the amount of money the government needs […]
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