Reflection on MTBPS 2021 and Socio-Economic Rights

Dear colleagues,

UNICEF South Africa and SPII have the pleasure of inviting you to a public dialogue on the impact of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2021 on the realisation of socio-economic rights, including a critical reflection on children’s rights.

These reflections take place against the background of a global health pandemic and the urgent need to find economic and social solutions to the pressing poverty and inequality challenges in the country.

Your critical contribution as government, members of the development community, and civil society is highly valued and we look forward to a meaningful and substantive conversation on the best way forward for the country and its people.

Yours sincerely,

Christine Muhigana (UNICEF South Africa Country Representative) and Isobel Frye (Executive Director of SPII)

Please see below for the presentations in this webinar:

Russell Rensburg – Health Budgeting in the wake of Covid-19

Blecher & Maupa – Proposed Budgeting Framework

Daniel McLaren – Implications of proposed budgeting framework

Nkululeko Majozi – Social Security and the MTBPS