Can we afford NOT to have a BIG in South Africa? – Podcast

Can we afford NOT to have a BIG in South Africa? – Podcast

In this episode, Guy Standing, internationally renown expert and widely published author on BIG speaks to Duma and Isobel about his experience as advisor...

Political Elites Must Break Ranks to Crush Poverty, Inequality

Political Elites Must Break Ranks to Crush Poverty, Inequality

Are there steps that we can take to correct these inequalities and stabilise our democratic project? Yes, if we want to

Podcast: High Price to Pay for the Rising Cost of Living

Podcast: High Price to Pay for the Rising Cost of Living

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has established a committee of ministers to assess the impact that the conflict in Ukraine will have...

More People Believe They Are Living Under Poverty in South Africa

More People Believe They Are Living Under Poverty in South Africa

Executive Director, Isobel Frye, speaks on Subjective Poverty in South Africa on SABC News; “We know that the burden of poverty in South...

Nkululeko Majozi Speaking on Subjective Poverty in South Africa

Nkululeko Majozi Speaking on Subjective Poverty in South Africa

Poverty in South Africa is directly linked to income inequality. Any measure that can fix the current situation needs to be linked to Income...

Podcast: In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser – Can we afford a Basic Income Grant?

Podcast: In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser – Can we afford a Basic Income Grant?

I invited Isobel Frye (Director, Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute) to weigh in on what is becoming an internecine policy debate about unemployment,...

Extending the Social Relief of Distress grant is not enough to alleviate plight of poor, says civil society

Extending the Social Relief of Distress grant is not enough to alleviate plight of poor, says civil society

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in his Sona that the Covid grant would be extended to the end of March 2023, but civil society says...

SPII Newsletter December 2021

SPII Newsletter December 2021

This last quarter has seen almost unparalleled academic contributions to the global call for universal basic income guarantees. SPII is proud to have been...

Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Q3, SPII Analysis

Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Q3, SPII Analysis

As we mark the end of another calendar year of the Corona pandemic and associated impact, The Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII)...

Newzroom Afrika: Discussions on the QLFS Q3, 2021

Newzroom Afrika: Discussions on the QLFS Q3, 2021

Isobel Frye, the director at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute; country director at International Labour Organisation South Africa, Dr Joni Musabayana; Dr...

Cape Talk/702: QLFS stats call for a Basic Income Grant

Cape Talk/702: QLFS stats call for a Basic Income Grant

Christina  van Straten, Basic Income Grant Advocacy intern at The Studies In Poverty And Inequality Institute, joins Cape Talk on the statistics that Statistics...

The Public Interest Law Gathering (PILG)

The Public Interest Law Gathering (PILG)

The Public Interest Law Gathering (PILG) is an annual civil society convening of people and organisations who use law as a tool to advance...