SPII Talk Newsletter 4th Quarter December 2016

  2016 has been a momentous year in relation to wage policy in South Africa,specifically as we see the progress reached on the negotiations...

SPII Talk Newsletter 3rd Quarter July – September 2016

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SPII Talk Newsletter: 10 YEARS OF SPII: A Decade of Change

As the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) marks the first ten years of its existence, we celebrate a decade of research, advocacy,...

SPII Talk Newsletter, 1st Quarter, April 2016

The first quarter of this year has been quite eventful mounting scrutiny of the executive in the Constitutional Court, as well as increasing concerns...

SPII TALK NEWSLETTER – 4th Quarter December 2015

In the mid – 2000s, former President Thabo Mbeki launched some very public and critical attacks against civil society and the trade union federation,...

SPII Talk Volume 21- 3rd Quarter August 2015

Following from SPII's policy review, budget analysis and development of indicators for the rights to health care, social security, housing and food, SPII is...

SPII TALK Newsletter, 1st Quarter, April 2015

Despite riches among southern African countries, there are growing social and economic inequalities between rich and poor.These growing inequalities, including income inequality,have made it...

SPII TALK NEWSLETTER November 2014

On 16 OctoberSPII Talk November front cover 2014 the world celebrated World Food Day, which has become a global campaign to raise awareness around...

SPII Talk Newsletter, July 2014

Poverty, unemployment and growing inequality remain South Africa’s greatest challenges in undoing the legacy of Apartheid. The “triple challenge” has revealed itself increasingly in...

SPII Talk Newsletter, 1st Quarter, March 2014

The preamble to the South African Competition Act, No 89 of 1998 (“the Act”) stipulates that the economy “must be open to greater ownership...

SPII Talk Newsletter VOLUME 16: 4th QUARTER • NOV 2013

The status of an ‘official’ poverty line is unclear. Statistics South Africa has been using three poverty lines since 2009; however, the process for...

SPII Talk Volume 15, 3rd Quarter August 2013

The preamble to the South African Competition Act, No 89 of 1998 (“the Act”) stipulates that the economy “must be open to greater ownership...