South Africa will not have universal basic income grant this year, minister says

South Africa will not have universal basic income grant this year, minister says

FILE PHOTO: ANC member Lindiwe Zulu reacts as she waits for the election results during the 54th National Conference of the ruling African N By Mfuneko Toyana

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa will not implement a universal basic income grant until at least March, Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said in an interview on Friday, rolling back a pledge to have it ready by October.

Zulu unexpectedly announced the plan two weeks, reviving a policy that was the centrepiece of Nelson Mandela’s government when apartheid fell in 1994.Zulu told Reuters a draft policy would be ready at the end of the […]

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