SUBMISSION TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY)
INTRODUCTION This submission is made in response to an invitation for making written submissions on the 2020 Appropriation Bill, the purpose of which is to appropriate money from the National Revenue Fund for the requirements of the State for the 2020/21. Our submission is made at a time when the lockdown in response to the […]
Colloquium 2019
A composite report of the proceedings of the 2019 Colloquium and the 2019 Research and Publications on expanding a Decent Standard of Living in South Africa Introduction of a DSL and Objective of the Colloquium: The Decent Standard of Living (DSL) research was launched in November 2018. It is the result of a multi-year study […]
SA Lockdown I Impact of COVID-19 on the poor: Isobel Frye
The South African Social Security Agency, which issues grants to about 17-million beneficiaries, said on Wednesday it had identified and fixed the problem that forced some recipients to return home empty-handed earlier this week. Last month President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a significant package of social and economic measures to address the fallout from the country’s […]
Society Talks 2: COVID-19 economic relief packages and the future of social protection
Society Talks is a public dialogue that brings together civil society, stakeholders + the general public to inform, engage and share experiences with the broader society. The participants are: Isobel Frye – Director of Studies at Inequality and Poverty Institute Herbert Jauch – Chairperson of Economic and Social Justice Trust and is based in Namibia […]
Ramaphosa’s Covid-19 stimulus: Income relief is not ‘the awful indignity of charitable handouts’
Thomas Robert Malthus, writing in 1798 on the English Poor Laws, wrote: ‘… dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful. Such a stimulus seems to be absolutely necessary to promote the happiness of the great mass of mankind.’ Much will be said in coming days about the historic announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 21 […]
Covid-19, Unemployment and a Basic Income Grant
#BIGNow: Covid-19, Unemployment and a Basic Income Grant Source: COPAC SA – YouTube
Community Constituency Covid 19 Front – Leadership Response Post Presidential Speech
Leadership Response Post President Cyril Ramaphosa Announcement on 21 April 2020. Source: Civil Society South Africa – Facebook
South Africa’s social welfare net with Isobel Frye
South Africa’s social welfare net with Isobel Frye on SABC. Source: SABC News(YouTube)
COVID-19 Lockdown: Minimising the impact of coronavirus on food security
Minimising the impact of coronavirus on food security during Covid-19 Lockdown – Isobel Frye. Source: SABC News(YouTube)
Looking at the SASSA grant system in South Africa and its function during the national lockdown
The Mediated Conversation: Looking at the SASSA grant system in South Africa and its function during the national lockdown Guests: Mervyn Abrahams, Coordinator for the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group Isobel Frye, Director of the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute Ihsaan Bassier, PhD candidate in Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
