The importance of basic income grant is highlighted by the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute
The Study in Poverty and Inequality Institute highlights importance of basic income grant “The Poverty and Inequality Institute has emphasised the importance of a basic income grant of R1 268 per month – saying people living on the poverty line will have a chance to better survive and move the country’s economy forward.” – writes […]
BIG is best: Civil society campaign highlights urgency of basic income grant after recent looting
BIG is best: Civil society campaign highlights urgency of basic income grant after recent looting “If the recent unrest in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal has shown us anything, it is that it has never been more urgent to reduce poverty and inequality. Civil society has issued a clarion call to government: the time for […]
Media Advisory: Mandela Day Lecture: SPII Proposes BIG Solutions to Growing Poverty and Unrest is SA
Mandela Day Lecture: SPII Proposes BIG Solutions to Growing Poverty and Unrest is SA Media Advisory For Immediate Release 19 July 2021 SOUTH AFRICA – During a panel discussion reflecting on former president Nelson Mandela’s legacy in light of the current situation of turmoil in the country as the world observed Mandela Day, Studies […]
Op-ed: #UnrestSA: Painful corrective or forerunner of things to come?
#UnrestSA: Painful corrective or forerunner of things to come? Social justice activists have tried repeatedly to present this data to policymakers over growing inequalities and to how that policy choices are not reflective of the realities and needs on the ground. But still government chose not to listen, writes Isobel Frye. A simple drive beyond […]
Op-ed: We need a real commitment to poverty relief’s Basic Income Grant idea, not more talk from the ANC
Op-ed: We need a real commitment to poverty relief’s BIG idea, not more talk from the ANC In his January 8 speech, President Cyril Ramaphosa committed the ANC to “intensify other poverty alleviation measures alongside the economic recovery. This year, the ANC, government and broader society will need to continue discussions on the desirability and viability of […]
The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC), Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), Black Sash, and #paythegrants invite you to a meeting to discuss a national strategy for Universal Basic Income.
Advancing the National Strategy for a Universal Basic Income and Recognition of the Care Economy as the First Step to Building a Feminist Economy Transform not Reform. Strategic Meeting to Advance National Strategy for universal Basic Income and Recognition of the Care Economy as first step to building a Feminist Economy. Context: Even prior […]
Press Release: 40 Civil Society Organisations: ‘We Want R1,268 For All Now’
40 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS: ‘WE WANT R1,268 FOR ALL NOW PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY 16 JULY 2021 40 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS: ‘WE WANT R1,268 FOR ALL NOW’ SOUTH AFRICA: Today, over 40 social justice civil society activists committed to a national demand that the government introduce a universal Basic Income […]
Press Release: Civil Society Forges Plan Toward A Basic Income Grant of R1,268 For All
CIVIL SOCIETY FORGES PLAN TOWARD A BASIC INCOME GRANT OF R1,268 FOR ALL PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY 15 JULY 2021 We demand that the state provides a universal basic income grant of R1 268 to help the 13 million people currently facing starvation in South Africa. CAPE TOWN: Responding to on-going social […]
SABCnews: Unrest with Mpho Mhlongo on Poverty, Food Insecurity and the need for a Basic Income Grant
SABCnews: Unrest with Mpho Mhlongo “Violent protests and looting are a major threat to food security,” – Mpho Mhlongo, Company Secretary Intern and Researcher from the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute. South Africa has experienced a food insecurity problem for the longest time, more and more people have been suffering without so much as […]
Director at Studies In Poverty And Inequality Institute responds to reasons for unrest
702: Isobel Frye | Director at Studies In Poverty And Inequality Institute responds to reasons for unrest Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute Director, Isobel Frye, speaks to Mandy Wiener from 702 during the Midday Report about the current looting, rising poverty rates and lack of South African government’s commitment to a Basic Income Grant, […]
