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Providing access to financial independenceWe will reach out to organizations (including micro lenders) that work on providing some steps towards financial independence = the right to say "no". Studies have shown that greater average female income is negatively associated with the rate of rape.
We are looking to utilize the business development know-how of our existing network. We will work on providing support to Internet companies (including start ups) so they can provide training and employment to the underprivileged. It is simply a business sector that we understand fairly well. Many barriers exist in trading with physical goods. Exporting services and generating wealth this way is one way to bypass these hurdles. |
Desmond tutu:"At the moment, many, too many, of our people live in gruelling, demeaning, dehumanising poverty. We are sitting on a powder keg. ... We should discuss as a nation whether a basic income grant is not really a viable way forward. We should not be browbeaten by pontificating decrees from on high. We cannot, glibly, on full stomachs, speak about handouts to those who often go to bed hungry. It is cynical in the extreme to speak about handouts when people can become very rich at the stroke of a pen." |
Nearly a quarter of South Africa’s population (24.3%) is unemployed.