South Africa Torn Over Multibillion Cost of Fighting Inequality
- Unemployment, poverty drive calls for basic income grant
- South Africa already spends about 3.3% of GDP on welfare
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Politics and economics are set to collide over welfare payments in the world’s most unequal nation.
The first clue over which will prevail may come in South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state-of-the-nation address on Thursday.