The proposal for a basic income grant in South Africa has gained both social and political backing, with National Treasury formally putting feelers out on how to feasibly introduce a system that would close the poverty gap in the country.
Treasury has commissioned a study to determine what long-term plan can be devised to replace the government’s current R350 social relief of distress grant.
Briefing parliament’s Select Committee on Appropriations this week, Treasury said that the study is being conducted through a unit of the University of Cape Town, with the poverty gap being those who fall below the current food […]
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