Call for universal income grant

THE GROWING unemployment in South Africa, especially among young people, has prompted the SACP to support the call by trade unions and other movements for the introduction of a universal basic income grant in the country.

The calls for the income grant mounted after StatsSA announced that the figure of unemployment stood at 34.45%, and that the number is likely to grow following the violent attacks on businesses during unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. Most of the affected businesses were forced to shut down.

The calls for the income grant mounted after StatsSA announced that the figure of unemployment stood at […]

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