This factsheet examines the enjoyment of economic and social rights in South Africa, ahead of the country’s first appearance before the UN Committee...

A girl cries outside her family shack after a violent service delivery protest near Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 September 2013. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK Smoke...

This report on the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights in South Africa (focusing on selected issues and rights) is a joint initiative...

In this edition of SPII Talk, Nsimbi helps us understand the disastrous human consequences of a failing land reform programme. Nsimbi, a 56-year-old domestic...

Rhodes University’s Public ServiceAccountability Monitor (PSAM), last week gathered members from the National Treasury, the Legal Resources Centre, Afesis Corplan, and open data activist institute OpenUp for...

Overview What is a Decent Standard of Living (DSL) threshold? How might a DSL measure be useful? How will the DSL and Decent Standard...

We are looking for a Researcher to join our office in Newtown, Johannesburg. Apply by:  27 June 2018, 5 pm SAST Studies in Poverty...

SPII was invited as a key Respondent to one of the first Consultative process organised by the Standing Committee on Appropriations following the tabling...

IMALI YETHU is a coalition of civil society organisations working with the South African National Treasury to make budget information more accessible, user-friendly and...

The unemployment in South Africa went up to 27.1 % in the third quarter of 2016 from 26.6 in the previous period. The number...

It’s been quite an eventful first quarter of the year. The political hangover of the ANC’s 54th conference in December has been felt far...

Value Added Tax will be increased to 15% from 1 April 2018. Some say it’s a necessary step to keep the economy on track,...