The BIG question we cannot afford to ignore
19 July 2020 - 00:02
'Poverty in SA is not a 'worrying problem' or a 'persistent enclave' as in some countries. It is the dominant reality for the majority of our people." So said the Black Sash in a report called Breaking the Poverty Trap: Financing a Basic Income Grant in South Africa. In a post state-capture SA newly ravaged by Covid-19, these words ring loud and clear, and give heft to the proposal by social development minister Lindiwe Zulu to introduce a basic income grant (BIG)...
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