“As long as poverty, injustice, and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.”
Nelson Mandela
Universal Basic Income Coalition
advocating for the realisation of a “universal basic income”
Formed in March 2023, the Universal Basic Income Coalition (UBIC) a grouping of South African civil society organisations whose primary objective is the implementation of a progressive and well-designed Universal Basic Income as a necessary mechanism for realising fundamental socio-economic rights in South Africa.
The formation of the UBIC builds on this long history of advocacy for the realisation of the right to social security in South Africa. Many of the individuals and organisations in the Coalition have been active members of this community since its inception.
UBIC Position paper
Our position paper lays out our demands, and outlines the crisis we find ourselves in, which necessitates the urgent implementation of a Basic Income Grant and government action to extend a social protection floor to everyone!
Grant recipients are R57 poorer than they were in 2020. See what the SRD grant beneficiaries can get with R370 in 2025….not much! This is why, we, as part of the Basic Income Coalition are calling for a Universal Basic Income Guarantee. JOIN our movement.
18 plus: A Basic Income
South Africa is a country with poverty, inequality and high unemployment. There is an unfair gap in its social protection system that does not include able-bodied people aged 18 to 59 who are unemployed.
The UBIC currently comprises the following organisations:
- Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC);
- Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Africa;
- Black Sash;
- Children’s Institute;
- Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU);
- Family Caregiving;
- Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ);
- #PayTheGrants;
- Rightful Share An Income Movement;
- Social Policy Initiative (SPI);
- Women on Farms Project;
- Global Reformed Platforms for Engagement (GRAPE); and
- Youth Lab.