Let Covid-19's coping mechanisms hasten the basic income grant

09 May 2021 - 00:04

By Lindiwe Mazibuko

It seems a lifetime ago that global public policy debates around the implementation of a universal basic income (UBI) were focused primarily on concerns about the impending mechanisation of "unskilled" or low-skilled jobs in the labour market.

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