SOUTH AFRICANS FOR A BASIC INCOME GRANT
At a press conference in Parliament on 3 July 2001, the South African Council of Churches joined a broad coalition of civil society organisations calling for the introduction of a Basic Income Grant as a key intervention in the struggle against poverty and inequality.
The participating organisations presented Prof. Viviene Taylor, chair of the Committee of Inquiry into a Comprehensive Social Security System for South Africa, with a Declaration of Principles for a Basic Income Grant.
A SACC made a statement in support of the Basic Income Grant, as did the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO).
The coalition also distributed a background briefing on the grant.
4 July 2001
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