PowerFM: Unpacking the recent acts of lawlessness and instability that have rocked the country
With Nkululeko Majozi The Social Security Researcher at the Studies in poverty and inequality Institute, Nkululeko Majozi and the Director of Workers World Media Production, Martin Jansen joined Sebenzile Nkambule to speak about recent acts of lawlessness and instability that have rocked the country as Civil organisations who are calling on the government and South […]
SABC News: International day for the poverty eradication
Isobel Frye speaks to Chriselda Lewis on Poverty eradication International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on the 17th of October annually. In 1987 on that day, over a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro in Paris, where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948, to honour the victims […]
The Star: Universal income policy is vital
An Op-Ed by Isobel Frye Isobel Frye, executive director at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), writes on a Universal policy: STORES are stocking their aisles with the festive green and red of the annual Christmas spend. Advent calendars hiding chocolates symbolise the journey of the Magi to visit the babe in swaddling […]
The Daily Maverick: South Africa’s lack of progress on socioeconomic and cultural issues
The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is reviewing South Africa’s progress on the implementation of a range of economic, social and cultural issues. This is why it matters. A significant aspect of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which South Africa ratified in 2015, is that governments are required to […]
SPII-FES Basic Income Grant (BIG) Webinar Series (1/3)
Basic Income Grant (BIG) Webinar Series South Africa is a country characterised by gross poverty, inequality, and destitution. Unemployment is at an all-time high with a rate of 44.4%. With the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc in all spheres of South African life over the past two years, our society’s fault-lines have been exposed for all […]
Press Release: Critical research on universal Basic Income Grant (BIG)
Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute launches critical research on universal Basic Income Grant (BIG) with partners, 13 October 2021. Press Release For immediate release Tuesday 12 October 2021 Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute launches critical research on universal Basic Income Grant (BIG) with partners 13 October 2021. As decision makers map out […]
MSN News: A Decent Standard of Living
Johannesburg – South Africans will need to have a monthly income of approximately R7 911 to have a decent standard of living. This is according to research partners from the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), Labour Research Service (LRS) and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) on a Decent Standard of Living. […]
A Decent Standard of Living – SASPRI
Quantifying a Decent Standard of Living in Monetary Terms SASPRI has collaborated with colleagues at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) and the Labour Research Service (LRS) to estimate the income required for a decent standard of living for all South Africans. This culminated in 2018 with the launch of a project report and infographic in Midrand. The project […]
SAfm: Social Conversations: A Decent Standard of Living (DSL)
Social Conversations: A Decent Standard of Living Guest on the line: Dr Nqobile Zulu, Research Manager at Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute, speaking on the Decent Standard of Living. South Africa, September 30, 2021: A new launch at the 6th Annual Decent Standard of Living (DSL) Colloquium today demonstrates that there are 34 Socially […]
SPII-FES Basic Income Grant (BIG) Webinar Series 13, 20, 22 October 2021
Save the Date SPII-FES Basic Income Grant (BIG) Webinar Series 13, 20, 22 October 2021 Supported by Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation, Telkom and NEDLAC Community Constituency In 2021, with the support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), SPII has commissioned three critical papers on the BIG with the purpose of informing and advancing evidence-based research, policy, and social […]
