PALI LEHOHLA | Go BIG or go home: SA’s best-case scenario for policy

The Six Pillar Policy is what should be debated by parliament

02 April 2023 - 19:08 By Pali Lehohla

Last week on March 30 President Cyril Ramaphosa said the basic income grant (BIG) was still government’s choice to replace the social relief of distress (SRD) grant. The work by a number of policy practitioners and academics, including through a webinar led by Asghar Adelzadeh of Applied Development Research Solutions (ADRS), whose modelling was deployed again to demonstrate that social policies based on BIG deliver jobs and bring about viable social compacts, contributed significantly to this major breakthrough, culminating in a promise by the president that BIG is on its way.  ..