Families forgo nutritious items as inflation takes its toll
Price increases over the past year mean a basket of essential food items for a person receiving the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant is unaffordable.
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Price increases over the past year mean a basket of essential food items for a person receiving the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant is unaffordable.
The Institute for Economic Justice and the Applied Development Research Solutions recently found that the introduction of a wealth tax and social welfare tax could help fund the basic income grant.
The study found that a tax on the country’s top income earners could help alleviate poverty and subsequently boost the economy.
Lawyers for Human Rights launches a report on immigration detention in South Africa and the nation commemorates the Day of Reconciliation.
How backward are our thought processes in our unprovoked desire to please the West on an elusive Just Energy Transition funding. At no point in history has the West kept its development funding promise, says the author.