# Sol Plaatje University researchers are proposing a four-thousand-rand social grant to alleviate extreme poverty in South Africa. The grant, targeting 25-million people, would cost approximately 115-billion-rand annually. The research suggests that linking the grant to work or public programme participation could boost GDP by 0.5-percent and reduce inflationary pressures. The proposal, designed under a budget-neutral funding model, aims to eradicate extreme poverty and encourage economic participation among the country’s poorest citizens.
Researchers propose R4,000 social grant to combat poverty