‘The controversy is inevitable; ‘vested interests’, private and bureaucratic, are challenged in a hundred ways. Writes Isobel Frye for the Sunday Times on the...

"The fact that dignified people are more productive is at the epicentre of this issue, yet it is tough to be dignified when you...

The following is an Op-ed by Isobel Frye on how a basic income grant will be beneficial to the labour force as well as...

Our President strikingly referred to gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa the ‘second pandemic’ affecting our nation alongside the Covid-19 pandemic that disrupted the...

  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...

The unemployment in South Africa went up to 27.1 % in the third quarter of 2016 from 26.6 in the previous period. The number...

PEOPLE SHOULD BE AT THE HEART OF MINISTER’S BUDGET, NOT COST CUTTING Minister Malusi Gigaba delivered the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) at...

SPII supports the peaceful protestors who are demonstrating their anger and frustration at the state of our economy and the crisis of governance that...

Beginning his speech, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said the Budget had prioritised the country’s most pressing issues: “educating our youth, protecting the vulnerable and...

By Birgit Weyss, Nurina Allly and Daniel McLaren Some countries have managed to improve outcomes for their most disadvantaged learners In previous articles we have...

SIR — Jasson Urbach claims (Business Day, September 4) that the introduction of the national minimum wage in Germany had “adverse consequences” and cost...

Implementing a meaningful  national minimum wage is the start of a national solution to poverty alleviation, Writes Isobel Frye; AMONG the fall-out of the...