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The Academy of Science in South Africa (ASSAf), in partnership with the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Social Policy at the University of South Africa (UNISA), cordially invites you to the webinar outlining Inequality and Poverty

What must be done if the state is to be capable of poverty and inequality reduction? In the context of weak state capacity and...

The importance of basic income grant is highlighted by the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute

"The Poverty and Inequality Institute has emphasised the importance of a basic income grant of R1 268 per month – saying people living on...

BIG is best: Civil society campaign highlights urgency of basic income grant after recent looting

"If the recent unrest in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal has shown us anything, it is that it has never been more urgent to...

Media Advisory: Mandela Day Lecture: SPII Proposes BIG Solutions to Growing Poverty and Unrest is SA

Media Advisory For Immediate Release 19 July 2021 SOUTH AFRICA - During a panel discussion reflecting on former president Nelson Mandela’s legacy in...

Op-ed: #UnrestSA: Painful corrective or forerunner of things to come?

Social justice activists have tried repeatedly to present this data to policymakers over growing inequalities and to how that policy choices are not reflective...

Op-ed: We need a real commitment to poverty relief’s Basic Income Grant idea, not more talk from the ANC

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...

Press Release: 40 Civil Society Organisations: ‘We Want R1,268 For All Now’

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY 16 JULY 2021 40 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS: ‘WE WANT R1,268 FOR ALL NOW’ SOUTH AFRICA:...

Press Release: Civil Society Forges Plan Toward A Basic Income Grant of R1,268 For All

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY 15 JULY 2021 We demand that the state provides a universal basic income grant of R1 268 to...

SABCnews: Unrest with Mpho Mhlongo on Poverty, Food Insecurity and the need for a Basic Income Grant

"Violent protests and looting are a major threat to food security," - Mpho Mhlongo, Company Secretary Intern and Researcher from the Studies in Poverty...

Director at Studies In Poverty And Inequality Institute responds to reasons for unrest

Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute Director, Isobel Frye, speaks to Mandy Wiener from 702 during the Midday Report about the current looting, rising...

At what point does poverty and inequality pose a threat to stability?

South Africans living in poverty have faced some of their most challenging circumstances in light of record unemployment, Covid-19 lockdown and diminishing incomes. Meanwhile, the...

Women more vulnerable during pandemic in SA – study

The latest National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) suggests that women remain the most vulnerable and are experiencing higher rates...