Social Grants get R292.8bn boost - The Mail & Guardian
- Bias Rating
- Reliability
40% ReliableAverage
- Policy Leaning
-46% Medium Left
- Politician Portrayal
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Bias Score Analysis
The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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63% Positive
- Liberal
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Policy Leaning Analysis
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
60% : "They form the backbone of a social safety net that sustains communities in the face of persistent unemployment and economic pressures.57% : Godongwana said the government had identified R12-billion in savings through its targeted and responsible savings initiative, which were reallocated to support social services, the judiciary and security sectors.
55% : Personal income tax brackets and rebates will be adjusted fully in line with inflation.
53% : The budget also proposes measures to ease financial pressure on households, including raising the VAT registration threshold from R1 million to R2.3 million and increasing the capital gains tax exemption for small businesses from R1.8 million to R2.7 million.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
