Momentum is building for a basic income grant (Big) in SA (“ Ramaphosa says basic income grant will show government cares ”, July 18). Far from seriously addressing the causes of the country’s growing unemployment crisis (a unemployment rate of over 42% on the expanded definition), a Big will give bureaucrats and politicians the short-term feeling that they are “doing something”, but do little to give millions of South Africans a chance at actual prosperity.
The introduction of a Big will not address any of the government-imposed barriers currently enforced in the areas of business and entrepreneurial activity or job […]
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