Universal basic income is the answer to providing a solid unemployment social assistance system

Universal basic income is the answer to providing a solid unemployment social assistance system

People queue in the rain at Randburg Labour Department on February 22, 2021 in Randburg, South Africa. The department of labour is responsible for matters related to employment, including industrial relations, job creation, unemployment insurance and occupational health and safety. (Photo: Gallo Images / Fani Mahuntsi) There is a constitutional guarantee to every person in South Africa that they will have enough income to live from — the right to social security. However, for poor working-age unemployed people, this guarantee has never been realised. It is high time that we stopped hoping for jobs to fall from the sky […]

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