First-time recipients of the N$600 Conditional Basic Income Grant (BIG) in Karasburg expressed joy at receiving government financial assistance.

The initiative, replacing the food bank, aims to reduce financial hardships for the unemployed and boost economic stability.  

Vulnerable and destitute households in 20 towns and 18 villages in urban and peri-urban areas will receive N$600 from the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare's Conditional Basic Income Grant.