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Food bank and marginalised grant programmes to be converted to cash transfers

Food bank and marginalised grant programmes to be converted to cash transfers

Written by Suzith Tjitaura on 27 January 2022.

WINDHOEK, 27 JAN (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare has said it will convert its food bank scheme and marginalised grant to cash transfers as the first step toward phasing in a conditional Basic Income Grant (BIG).
A statement by the ministry on Wednesday said according to the Namibia Statistics Agency, the income of the top 1 per cent of Namibians is equal to the combined income of the bottom 50 per cent, saying as a result, the food bank and marginalised gra ...

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