AIDC Analytical Paper: The Budget, Social Security and the Basic Income Grant Alternative Synopsis
The introduction of a universal cash transfer, a Basic Income Grant, has been hotly contested as a policy option to address vulnerability and social and economic and political exclusion of working age people and their households in South Africa for over ten years. In this paper we being with a review of current spending on […]
Poor will bear brunt
BUDGET: GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO REDUCE THE MONEY IT SPENDS.
It has been proven that instead of improving an economy, austerity makes it worse.
People in rural areas are better off than those in the city: IMF
The International Monetary Fund says the decline in income per capita in Gauteng Province is more severe than in any other province. This basically means people in rural areas are better off there than in the economic hub. And the IMF is attributing this to the current unfavourable economic conditions. Source: SABC News
Change essential for South Africans to have a decent standard of living
The DSL Colloquium in Pretoria centred on ‘disrupting poverty’ and moving towards providing a decent life for all. The adoption of the Decent Standard of Living (DSL) approach is important considering the current socio-economic situation, according to Philip Alston, a UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty. “We are not just trying to satisfy the bare […]
Decent living standard is possible
In South Africa, each person has a constitutional right to live a life of dignity, a right to access to food and shelter, and basic services such as water, electricity and proper sanitation. An impartial research on poverty and inequality conducted by the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute, the Southern African Social Policy Research […]
Conversations on South Africa’s Worsening Inequality – Podcast
The mediated conversation on South Africa’s worsening inequality. Guest: Werner Ruch, Director responsible for research and Budget at Stats SA Precious Manyisa, Research and Budget analyst for Budget and Inequality Edward Molopi, advocacy officer at Socio Economic Rights Institute
SPII Talk Newsletter 3rd Quarter April– June 2019
What does the future of poverty look like? David Francis, Deputy Director of the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at Wits University, tackles that question in this edition of SPII Talk. It is quite a sobering proposition to consider. We know all too well the current state of poverty and the worrying trend in recent […]
Panel discussion: Midterm Budget Speech – Podcast
Economists Sacha Knox, Redge Nkosi and Phelisa Nkomo join Lee Ndaba on the line to discuss the recent Midterm Budget Policy Statement that was delivered by finance minister, Tito Mboweni.
Mid-term budget: Panel breaks down the MTBPS
The economy is only expected to grow by half percent this year – nowhere near what’s needed to deal with the unemployment crisis… that was highlighted by shocking stats this week. With South Africa living on credit, well beyond its means, Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni has sounded the alarm about a debt trap. We’re joined […]
Advancing a democratically defined decent standard of living
Source: Philip Alston(YouTube)
