A new initiative is poised to benefit low-income households by offering them a significant annual cash injection.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement to expand the social relief of distress grant aims to provide a sustainable income ...

Universal basic income does not offer a good solution to the challenges presented by the rise of artificial intelligence.

Life expectancy in New York City has been falling. A new plan to address it includes basic income, prescribing parks, and ...

According to a leaked document from its January 2025 lekgotla, the ANC supports phasing in a basic income grant (BIG) this ...

While government has repeatedly said it can’t afford to introduce a basic income grant, Ramaphosa made this undertaking ...

This isn't the first time Trump has hinted at his interest in creating a sovereign wealth fund. During a campaign stop at the ...

How much would an extra $5,400 a year mean to you? That’s what could be awarded to 100 single mothers in Montgomery thanks to ...

Three Indigenous communities in Peru’s Amazon are no longer engaging in unsustainable or illegal forest activities to make ...

As America's cities look to alleviate poverty, universal basic income has been proposed by local leaders as a complement to existing welfare. With a housing-affordability crisis and high ...

Governments around the world are testing programs that give people money with no strings attached. That includes the Welsh government in the UK, which in 2022 launched the first guaranteed-basic ...