How Covid-19 Created a Humanitarian Crisis in SA – Podcast
Covid-19 has affected economies the world over, costing people jobs and compelling businesses to shut down. In South Africa, having had an already compromised economy the pandemic hit hard – with women bearing the brunt of it all according to a recent study. Speaking on POWER Update on Thursday, Senior researcher from the Studies in […]
SPII’s Submission on the Division of Revenue Bill – Health Perspective
SPII has made a submission on the to the Finance Committee at the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL). This submission is in response to the emergency allocations to COVID-19 funds, with a specific focus on the Conditional and Equitable Share grants allocated to the Provincial and Municipal spheres of government. It also looks at how reallocations […]
BIG Announcement
Isobel Frye shared panel with Dr Mamphela Ramphele and Sakina Kamwendo to discuss the introduction of the universal basic income grant. Source: SABC News – YouTube
Basic Income Grant Implementation on the Table for South Africa
With the country’s unemployment rate soaring since the start of the lockdown and a million jobs being lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Social Development is now saying government is looking at a new basic income grant for South Africa. Isobel Frye, a director at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute […]
South Africa is Considering Implementing a Universal Basic Income Grant
Isobel Frye speaking on how South Africa is considering the implementation of the Basic Income Grant (BIG). This grant is aimed at providing social protection for people between the ages of 18-59, who are not beneficiaries of any other social grant or fixed income. She also talks about how a BIG is linked to accompanying […]
Economics Unbound: 09 July 2020
Talking about levels of household poverty with Thandeka Gqubule on 8 July 2020: Levels of destitution set to increase. Cabinet ministers need to increase pro-poor solutions. Source: SABC News – YouTube
South Africa to Introduce Universal Income Grant – Minister
JOHANNESBURG, July 13 (Reuters) – South Africa will introduce a universal basic income grant, the Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu said on Monday, unexpectedly reviving a two-decades-old plan with the aim of supporting millions of unemployed. The country already has one of the continent’s most generous social security nets, but the COVID-19 pandemic has […]
Rewired: Monetary policy shibboleths and sacred cows
Isobel Frye and Duma Gqubule speak to Owen Willcox on Economic Growth Monetary policy shibboleths and sacred cows — Understanding how past bad orthodox monetary policies must change Owen Willcox | Oxford Policy Management In this episode, Owen Willcox (formerly National Treasury and now with Oxford Policy Management) talks to hosts Isobel Frye and Duma […]
Rewired: What is the BIG idea?
Isobel Frye and Duma Gqubule host Ravi Naidoo on BIG discussion What is the BIG idea? — The Idea whose time has come Ravi Naidoo In this episode Isobel and Duma talk to Ravi Naidoo, who leads the Bluefields Group, which focuses on impact investment. He previously served as a director of Naledi, Cosatu’s think. […]
Budgeting In A Time of Austerity
It’s no secret that the South African economy has been on its knees for some time now. In February 2020, we were officially declared to be in a state of recession- which is when the economy sees a fall in GDP for two consecutive quarters. This decline is increasingly attributed to the persistence of fiscal […]
