The South African government wants to increase the scope of social support to include unemployed adults. The Social Development department is investigating ways it could introduce basic income support for vulnerable adults in a way that is financially sustainable and does not comprise economic growth.
The Department of Social Development (DSD) believes that it is possible to implement a Basic Income Grant (BIG) without any major trade-offs. This comes after a report commissioned by the department trialed several possible implementation strategies for a new grant to support unemployed adults.
In 2021, the DSD appointed an expert panel to investigate the social […]
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