Can the basic income grant be dismissed as simply ‘a vote-catching ploy’?
Like NHI, BIG has been on the government’s agenda for decades. An analysis shows the extent to which the ANC can look to other parties to support its implementation.
Like NHI, BIG has been on the government’s agenda for decades. An analysis shows the extent to which the ANC can look to other parties to support its implementation.
Changes are afoot to the qualifying criteria for the Social Relief of Distress grant, for which provisional expenditure has been allocated to 2027.
National Treasury continues to toe the line between fiscal continuity, consolidation, and declining revenues amid an increasingly stagnant local economy.
Whether the objectives as set out in the Budget are achievable will be determined by the government’s political will to anchor expenditure and put resources to better use.