Resonance FM: Poverty and the dire state of women in South Africa
Resonance FM: Triple Challenge, Inequality, Unemplyment and Poverty A magazine show covering African development issues hosted by Sonny Decker. This week: More women, especially African women, in South Africa are disadvantaged and poorer than men according to Statistics South Africa. Greenpeace Africa Climate and Energy Campaigner Thandile Chinyavanhu, Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) Director […]
Press Release: A Call For A Better Poverty Measure
A CALL FOR A BETTER POVERTY MEASURE PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2021 A CALL FOR A BETTER POVERTY MEASURE Johannesburg: According to data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in its latest National Poverty Lines 2021 report on 9 September 2021, any person living in South Africa needs to […]
The Daily Vox: Op-ed by Christina van Straten on poverty
Sports talent goes undiscovered as poverty and inequality grows Tatjana Schoenmaker, South Africa’s gold-medal-girl acted as a beacon of hope for the country when she proved to be the best breaststroke swimmer the world has ever seen. Team South Africa’s Olympic campaign has, however, been widely regarded as a failure with an all-time low of […]
SPII Talk II: Mpho Mhlongo, on Civil Society Organisations and Public Participation
The role of civil society organisations as it relates to the public participation at local government Civil Society Organisations (“CSOs”) often work closely with members of communities that often fall through the cracks of Government’s socio-economic development plans. Such organisations have taken on different roles, including, but not limited to, being the last line of […]
SPII Talk II: Dr. Nqobile Zulu, Research Manager
Active citizenry: The School Governing Body (SGB) dilemma under Covid-19 conditions Introduction The South African Schools Act 1996 (Act 84 of 1996) (SASA) stipulates that a School Governing Board (SGB) must be elected every three years. It must:” Promote the best interest of the school and ensure its development. Adopt a constitution setting out how the […]
SPII Talk II: Lehlohlonolo Kekana on Budgeting for change
Chiawelo budgeting for change project: Fostering public participation through active engagement with the local government budgeting process and IDPS In a democratic society that encourages a citizen-state relationship premised on public participation in the constitution, and as a way of enabling the division of power through a system of ‘checks and balances’ between government and […]
SPII Talk II: Hannah Atkins, research Intern
The impact of Covid-19 on Public Participation, past and future Looking back Covid related lockdowns, social distancing requirements and limits on venue capacity restricted the ways people traditionally gathered to discuss issues, and forced us to reimagine how public participation might work in this era of a global public health emergency. On one hand, going […]
SPII Talk II: Director’s note
Isobel Frye, Director of the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute It seems ironic that the global status of isolating and social and economic lockdowns caused by the Coronavirus Covid-19 has led to a intensification of communication in new ways never considered possible before. Global webinars and meetings can catapult people into levels of […]
Sunday Times: Op-ed by Isobel Frye on the Green paper
We cannot let the pension fund industry stifle a proper social security scheme ‘The controversy is inevitable; ‘vested interests’, private and bureaucratic, are challenged in a hundred ways. Writes Isobel Frye for the Sunday Times on the Green paper But … before any of us starts to condemn or to campaign, let him be […]
Midday Report: Withdrawal of the Green Paper sparks controversy
Midday Report with Mandy Wiener Withdrawal of the Green Paper sparks controversy The Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, withdrew the Green Paper, without a specific reason yesterday. Isobel Frye, director of the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) speaks to Mandy Wiener on the impact the Green Paper has on Poverty and Social […]
