https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqkB-hxcTeo   As the country digests the low GDP figures, we continue to look at the impact this has on poverty.We are now joined...

Poverty is political. It is about choices, values and self- interest. It is about power, about winners and losers. If you think it too...

Eusebius hosted a discussion with Dr Thabi Leoka (economist), Neil Coleman (policy analyst and co-director of Institute for Economic Justice) and Isobel Frye (director...

South Africa’s sixth post-apartheid administration under President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to hit the ground running in relooking at how to address poverty and inequality....

It is remarkable that South Africa’s social security laws are still based on the pre-1994 Social Assistance Act, with tweaks. These laws were aimed...

The Budget Justice Coalition notes the irony of a budget handed down on World Day of Social Justice that slashes R50.3 billion from social...

Cape Town, 25 October 2018 – Rather than taking bold steps to stimulate the economy and embark on a more inclusive growth path, the Medium...

South Africa risks continued failures to fulfil its human rights obligations to people if the government’s austerity policy is maintained, civil society organisations have warned at...

BY ALBERT VAN ZYL AND JAY KRUUSE — THE newly released Open Budget index for 2015 is widely seen as the global measure for...

On 30 June 2015, the World Bank and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) issued a joint statement affirming a shared vision for a universal...

BY Sizwe sama Yende and staff reporter — SA’s worst water shortages in 23 years have caused a decline in farming output that will lower...

By Winnie Theletsane JOHANNESBURG – The ‘poorest of the poor’ term which is often used by government when describing the poverty line in South...