International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on the 17th of October annually. In 1987 on that day, over a hundred thousand...

Isobel Frye, executive director at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), writes on a Universal policy: STORES are stocking their aisles with...

South Africa is a country characterised by gross poverty, inequality, and destitution. Unemployment is at an all-time high with a rate of 44.4%. With...

Press Release For immediate release Tuesday 12 October 2021 Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute launches critical research on universal Basic Income Grant (BIG)...

SPII-FES Basic Income Grant (BIG) Webinar Series 13, 20, 22 October 2021 Supported by Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation, Telkom and NEDLAC Community Constituency In 2021,...

We all read the stats – youth unemployment is a ticking bomb- but what are we actually doing to ensure that young SA have the skills,...

Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute’s Director, Isobel Frye, speaks to ChaiFM on the Basic income Grant and the Decent Standard of Living project....

The Basic Income Grant (BIG) is not a silver-bullet solution for every problem to every problem in South Africa, but it is a multi-faceted...

Not so long ago, Statistics South Africa released the latest labour market figures that placed the unemployment rate at an all-time high since the 2008 recession....

Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute support all ideas revolving around the Basic income grant/Universal Basic Income (UBI), the following article is an exerpt...

Studies in poverty and Inequality Institute’s Nkuleleko Majozi speaks to Thami Ngubeni from Newzroom Afrika on the updated national poverty lines for 2021 which...

Most people who care about measuring poverty—policymakers, academics, non-profit organisations, and the like—agree that the way the government currently determines poverty levels and social...