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With a survey showing a significant percentage of people have not yet made up their minds about who they will vote for on 29 May, the ANC, a week before the elections, has thrown up a Hail Mary by announcing that it intends to finalise a Basic Income Grant policy "within two years of a new ANC administration".
A day after the ANC said it would finalise a Basic Income Grant (BIG) policy within two years if it returns to power after next week’s elections, new statistics show that half of the country's households benefit from social grants.