Would the black middle class please stand up?
By Ntsakisi Maswanganyi – THERE has been a dramatic expansion in the middle class in SA since 1994, and the largest share of this growth is among black South Africans who changed consumption patterns as they entered the residential property market and spent on durable consumer goods. But economists and analysts are still debating how […]
Voters not stupid,warns Gordhan
By Penwell Dlamini – Pravin Gordhan has sent a warning to politicians: no matter how poor, South Africans are not stupid and will use their vote to express their dissatisfaction with the government’s performance. Gordhan, now the minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs, said politicians should know that they have to keep earning the […]
Monitoring the right of access to adequate housing in South Africa
The Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) is an independent research think tank that focuses on generating new knowledge, information and analysis in the field of poverty and inequality studies. This working paper has been undertaken as part of the Monitoring the Progressive Realisation of Socio-Economic Rights Project conducted by SPII with the support of Ford Foundation and the endorsement from the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).
Op-Ed: Hunger in the Land of Enough
By ISOBEL FRYE Despite being a middle-income country, South Africa has a long and shameful history of those in power ignoring the needs and the interests of the majority. Colonial and subsequent Apartheid laws reduced black people in South Africa to merely being cheap labour to service the needs of these economies. Poverty, inequality and […]
Defend our constitution, says Zuma
By Lebogang Seale – Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma has urged South Africans to “defend and celebrate” the country’s constitution, saying it is one of the best instruments of government in the world. Zuma said South Africans needed to change their negativity and adopt a more positive and optimistic attitude towards the country as it […]
Principal is not a racist, say ex-pupils
By Vuyo Mkhize – Johannesburg – Former pupils and supporters of a Joburg high school principal have come to her defence over alleged racism claims at the school. This was after some parents at Mondeor High School expressed outrage that racially charged remarks were allegedly made at the school’s assembly last week. According to The […]
Zuma, Lesotho leaders in talks after ‘coup’
By News 24 – Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma has reportedly summoned Lesotho’s political leaders for emergency talks following an apparent coup in the landlocked kingdom. NewsAfricaNow quoted spokesperson for South Africa’s department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) Clayson Monyela as confirming that talks took place “throughout the night” and were set to […]
A Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating the Progressive Realisation of Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa
By Hannah Dawson- The inclusion of socio-economic rights in South Africa’s Constitution envisioned the reconstruction of our society – not only healing the divisions of the past – but establishing a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights.1 The unacceptable and unsustainable levels of poverty and unemployment, the lack of basic […]
Decent Living Level Presentations 2014 – 2015
DLL Presentations 2014 Download Presentation by Isobel Frye – Decent Living Level SPII Presentation Download Presentation by Neil Coleman –NEDLAC JULY 2014Towards a National Minimum Wage and a DecentLL Download Presentation by Michael Noble – Presentation for SPII DLL workshop by Michael Noble DLL Presentations 2015 Download Presentation by Gemma Wright- SPNs for 17 March 2015 […]
Hunger in the land of Enough
Despite being a middle-income country, South Africa has a long and shameful history of those in power ignoring the needs and the interests of the majority. Colonial and subsequent Apartheid laws reduced black people in South Africa to merely being cheap labour to service the needs of these economies. Poverty, inequality and hunger, while visible […]
