Poverty crisis Social Development proposes extension of Covid-19 social relief of distress grant, but Treasury stands in the way 3 min 0 By Mark Heywood
BUSINESS MAVERICK ANC policymakers endorse a basic income grant, but it is still far from being implemented 3 min 3 By Ray Mahlaka
OP-ED A BIG Need: Covid-19 has rammed home the necessity of social protection and a universal basic income grant 7 min 0 By Gary Pienaar, Tim Hart, Mokhantšo Makoae, Yul Derek Davids and Benjamin Roberts
OP-ED A basic income grant will transform the South African social security system 5 min 0 By Naudé Malan
A GAME CHANGER? Basic Income Grant on the table for South Africa’s unemployed poor 3 min 0 By Sandisiwe Shoba
ANALYSIS Three quick and simple moves that could be economic game changers for South Africa 5 min 0 By Stephen Grootes
Maverick Citizen: Op-Ed The social work sector speaks out: A radical response is urgently needed 7 min 0 By Jessie Turton, Zibonele Zimba, Linda Smith and Nevashnee Perumal
OP-ED Universal Basic Income Grant: When nothing is affordable, we had better choose the best unaffordable solution 5 min 0 By Ivor Chipkin and Jelena Vidojević
Op-Ed BIG: There’s an urgent need for a basic income grant for the unemployed 4 min 0 By Selwyn Jehoma, Abigail Ornellas & Thabiso Senona
Op-Ed How South Africa can feed its hungry children during the lockdown 9 min 0 By Sheryl L Hendriks & Nic JJ Olivier
CORONAVIRUS OP-ED Covid-19 and the virulence of global capitalism – the poor are on the frontline 9 min 0 By Suraya Scheba
Maverick Citizen: Transitional Compass 3 Why it’s worth taking a fresh look at a universal basic income for South Africa 5 min 0 By Hein Marais
OP-ED Grand dreams of going boldly into the future mean little when millions go to bed hungry 6 min 0 By Isobel Frye
MAVERICK BUSINESS The Purple Cow’s basic income plan is either genius or a bovine patty 5 min 0 By Reg Rumney
OP-ED Distress or Destitution – why South Africa’s social grants ignore the masses of unemployed 4 min 0 By Isobel Frye
