LPM wants 2-year basic income grant

LPM wants 2-year basic income grant

LPM leader Bernadus Swartbooi. Photo: File BERNADUS Swartbooi, leader of the Landless People’s Movement, says the government must introduce a temporary basic income grant to mitigate the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on ordinary citizens.

He says this grant should be pegged at N$750 a month and operate for at least two years.

This should act as the government’s effort to minimise the negative impact of the new coronavirus on people who have lost jobs due to the pandemic.Swartbooi made these remarks on Tuesday in the National Assembly, responding to the N$72 billion national budget tabled by minister of […]

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