Reflection on MTBPS 2021 and Socio-Economic Rights
UNICEF and SPII Public Reflection on MTBPS 2021 and Socio-Economic Rights Webinar Dear colleagues, UNICEF South Africa and SPII have the pleasure of inviting you to a public dialogue on the impact of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2021 on the realisation of socio-economic rights, including a critical reflection on children’s rights. These reflections take […]
BIG in SA – the BIG website in SA on 17 November 2021.
Opening Address by SPII Executive Director Isobel Frye on the launch of the BIG website The launch of the BIG website South Africa is a country that takes your heart and soul and can be cruel and kind, but it seems, it can never be fair and does not want to be just. The unfairness […]
IOL: SASSA Queues
Sassa queues: ‘You can sit here the entire day waiting, when the time reaches 3pm, they turn you away’ Cape Town – The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has come under fire for the anguish it causes thousands of social grant applicants who queue from the early hours of the day and at times […]
MTBPS: Pro-poor policy must be by design, not default!
An op-ed interview with Isobel Frye A DAMASCENE moment occurred for me last week, sitting in a meeting with the minister of finance before the much- postponed 2021 MTBPS. In responding to social partners’ concerns about state spend, and particularly the deep fears about the rumoured substitution of the R350 Social Distress Relief Grant with […]
eNCA: MTBPS: Pro-poor policy must be by design, not default!
An op-ed interview with Isobel Frye A DAMASCENE moment occurred for me last week, sitting in a meeting with the minister of finance before the much- postponed 2021 MTBPS. In responding to social partners’ concerns about state spend, and particularly the deep fears about the rumoured substitution of the R350 Social Distress Relief Grant with […]
eNCA: Mid-term budget | Concern over budget cuts (MTBPS)
Dr. Nqobile Zulu, Research Manager at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute joins eNCA for a discussion on the Mid-term budget cuts (MTBPS). The Studies in poverty and inequality institute is concerned that spending will have to be made from already tightened budgets across the board. These cuts will wreak havoc on societies most […]
IOL: MTBPS: Pro-poor policy must be by design, not default!
An op-ed by Isobel Frye A DAMASCENE moment occurred for me last week, sitting in a meeting with the minister of finance before the much- postponed 2021 MTBPS. In responding to social partners’ concerns about state spend, and particularly the deep fears about the rumoured substitution of the R350 Social Distress Relief Grant with a […]
Mental well-being: Healthy diets a luxury for many SA Children
An article by Health-e on children’s wellbeing Healthy diets are crucial for the overall mental well-being of a child. In South Africa, close to 3 million children go to bed hungry, causing physiological and emotional stress. A recent study led by the University of East Anglia found that eating a more nutritious diet was associated with better […]
A universal basic income grant (UBIG) and why South Africa needs it
An article by New Frame on the BIG Something other than doubts about the workability or fairness of the scheme is at play here, however. The real worry is that a household grant will be used as a substitute for a Universal Basic Income Grant (UBIG/BIG). The purpose of reform, that is, is negative: to […]
Unemployed mothers and caregivers struggle to access Covid-19 grant
Since 1 July receiving a child support grant should not exclude one from getting the R350 Covid-19 grant Many mothers and caregivers were hopeful when the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant was reinstated in July this year, because the eligibility criteria was expanded to include people even if they are receiving a Child […]
