SASSA's most ambitious social welfare policy – a new Basic Income Support Grant – must get the go-ahead next month from the ...

South Africa's Department of Social Development is finalising a new Basic Income Support grant to replace the SRD, with a ...

The government is promising a new Basic Income Support grant to replace the R370 SRD grant, but has not yet confirmed with ...

Sindisiwe Chikunga said the Basic Income Support Policy that will be going to Cabinet for further deliberations is to create ...

The Department of Social Development hopes to finalise the policy for a new BIS grant by March 2027, getting it ready for ...

South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The country's per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient, a measure of how spending from income is distributed, stands at 0.65. This ...

(Bloomberg) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa again hinted at introducing a basic income grant, saying that there is a “strong case” for it despite the nation’s “fiscal constraints.” ...

The Department of Social Development (DSD) expects to hear by July whether National Treasury is satisfied with revisions made ...

South Africa has some of the worst income inequality in the world. Its unemployment rate, meanwhile, is over 30%. But some South African politicians think they have a solution: universal basic income.