Funding SOEs is hitting service delivery, says Godongwana

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says SA has to make tough choices on issues like a basic income grant

14 November 2021 - 00:04

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has called for a restructuring of the social grant system and has cautioned that some of the welfare and other services the government provides for free to the poor could be scrapped should SA opt to introduce a universal basic income grant...

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