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As a social security measure, the BIG is a necessary means to enhance income security for all through the redistribution of wealth generated by all. Thus, the BIG is not just a means for fighting poverty and reducing inequality, but it is also an economic stimulus that increases the purchasing power of a country’s population through direct unconditional cash transfers.

The basic income grant (BIG) is a periodic cash transfer that is unconditional and permanent, and paid to all individuals in society. As a social security measure, the BIG is a necessary means to enhance income security for all through the redistribution of wealth generated by all. Thus, the BIG is not just a means for fighting poverty and reducing inequality, but it is also an economic stimulus that increases the purchasing power of a country’s population through direct unconditional cash transfers

These are the following objectives of this analysis :

• To assess the trends of key development indicators to gain a clear trajectory of
  progress and growth in South Africa.
• To provide a social justice perspective which puts people at the centre of development
  and ensures the progressive realisation of their socio-economic entitlements.
• To present a pre-COVID-19 baseline analysis. Thus highlighting how the impact of the
  pandemic on worsening inequality and public service delivery should drive the
  government to be more serious about aligning the post-Covid-19 recovery to the
  visions of global and national blueprints for inclusive development.