Numsa prepares to launch political party in near future
Sapa, Karabo Ngoepe Numsa says it will, “at the appropiate time”, launch a political party – United Front and Movement for Socialism – aimed at uniting the working class. Read full article here
We do know it ends on the Fourth of July
The following four films make up the Rebuild saga: Evangelionnote Oddly, Evangelion in the Rebuild series (except for : / 3.0+1.0) is spelled as using the obsolete characters (we) and (wo) instead of (e) and (o). However, it’s pronounced the same, and is properly romanized as “evangerion” instead of “wevangeriwon”. The New Movie: (“Jo”; “Beginning”) […]
Sarcasm Blind: Being a robot
Blob Monster: The Thing really is an amorphous being, being simply a multi cellular organism. Unfortunately, not only does it absorb it’s prey, it is also extremely plastic, hence it can both copy it’s victims and assume grotesque, hideous and gory forms. Bloodier and Gorier: Compared to the 1950s film. Sarcasm Blind: Being a robot, […]
More freelancing means fewer jobs
By Johann Redelinghuys The casualisation of employment is increasing. What used to be a practice for the occasional employment of people like musicians journalists and copy-writers is now moving simultaneously up and down the employment chain. It reaches from the boardroom through to the people on the shop floor. Freelancing is becoming mainstream. Read full […]
Create jobs, cut corruption: A policy for Gauteng
By Mmusi Maimane Unemployment levels in South Africa continue to climb steadily. Critically, more South Africans are joining the ranks of the unemployed, our youth can’t find jobs and our economy is stagnating. All indicators are that we need change and that we need it soon. Read full article here
The right to social security and primary health care in Zandspruit informal settlement South Africa
There is increasing interest in South Africa in the development of methodologies and tools for measuring, monitoring and evaluating the progressive realisation of socio-economic rights (SERs). The Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), in partnership with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), has developed a methodology to achieve just this, based on a combination of policy and budget analysis and statistical indicators to advance evidence-based empirical debate on the implementation of SERs.
SPII Talk Newsletter VOLUME 16: 4th QUARTER • NOV 2013
The status of an ‘official’ poverty line is unclear. Statistics South Africa has been using three poverty lines since 2009; however, the process for formally adopting these at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) imploded due to an inability for the four constituencies to reach consensus on what it was that needed to be measured and tracked.
Budget analysis
This review reflects the findings of SPII’s investigation into National and Provincial budget allocations over a 5 year period 2007/08 – 2011/12.
Although the tax base has broadened in recent years to include over 10 million tax payers in 2010/11, tax revenue as a percentage of GDP has been dwindling since the 2008 global financial crisis. This has impacted negatively on the size of the government’s budget and on how much it can spend on its twelve priority sectors or focal areas identified
Is there a military option for school leaver unemployment?
By Johann Redelinghuys More than 50% of the country’s youth is unemployed. Every year another wave of school leavers adds to this number. Many are unemployable because they lack basic skills. To avert the coming national disaster and to address the country’s most critical problem a radical solution is needed. Read Full Article Here
The wealth gap and inequality cannot be ‘fixed’
By Johann Redelinghuys The World Economic Forum has identified wealth disparity as the “most probable menace to the global economy during the next decade”. World leaders from Barack Obama to Jacob Zuma and even the Pope, God bless him, have all picked up on the theme. Amidst all the poverty summits and anguished breast-beating, there […]
