Chairperson, the Deputy President referred to the government making progress against the massive problem of poverty in South Africa. I would suggest that millions of South Africans, especially those in rural provinces like the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, who experience grinding poverty on a daily basis, would disagree with him.
I would like to ask him whether government would consider implementing what the DA calls an income support and unemployment grant of R110 per month. Cosatu calls it a basic income grant. I would like to know if the state would consider introducing a grant like that and when last did they do a viability study of a grant like that? I thank you.