Basic Income Support for those aged #18-59 years NOW!
The idea of a Basic Income Grant has been discussed in South Africa for almost twenty years, following the Taylor Committee’s report for a Comprehensive System of Social Security for
“This project confirms the importance of building and strengthening the relationship between law firms undertaking public interest litigation and civil society to achieve particular outcomes. I applaud Black Sash on the very important work it is doing.”
Charles Abrahams
Black Sash
NewsRoom
We need basic income support now!
The Black Sash has campaigned for years for the implementation of income support for those who are 18 to 59 years old with no or little income. The COVID-19 Social
Social Relief of Distress measures for children and ‘caregivers’.
On Tuesday 21 April 2020, after a public call from civil society, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the much needed social relief measure that Child Support Grant (CSG) beneficiaries will receive
Covid-19 social relief measures, a step in the right direction.
The Black Sash notes government’s social relief measures to alleviate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting nationwide lockdown on individuals and households. The measures are a step
Why South Africa needs basic income support now.
by Lynette Maart, national director, Black Sash The expansion of social grants can be viewed as one of the greatest post-1994 redistributive achievements in South Africa. Social grants provide financial
A Programme of Action in the time of COVID-19: A call for social solidarity in South Africa.
We, as civic organisations, trade unions, organisations of informal workers, faith-based organisations and community structures in South Africa, call on all people, every stakeholder and sector, to contain infection, reduce
