Elderly grant recipients living in Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg, were up as early as 05:00 on Monday morning to get their monthly social grant payouts. Photo: Sesona Ngqakamba In an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Cabinet earlier this week, 76 South African economists, academics and business analysts asked government to urgently assist those hardest hit by the novel coronavirus crisis.
One of the measures proposed was the introduction of a universal basic income grant to the vulnerable.
Currently, some 18 million South Africans rely on social grants. Social development received a substantial portion of the budget this […]
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