DLL Publications and Reports

Joint Stakeholder Submission on the Right to Adequate Standard of Living in South Africa

Joint Stakeholder Submission on the Right to Adequate Standard of Living in South Africa

Joint Stakeholder Submission to the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review on the Right to Adequate Standard of Living in South Africa (March...

SPII’s Contribution – Submission to UN CESCR

SPII’s Contribution – Submission to UN CESCR

SPII's Contribution - Submission to UN CESCR on South Africa’s implementation of UN CESCR recommendations – composite index on the cost of living.

2021 DSL Narrative Report

2021 DSL Narrative Report

The Decent Standard of Living (DSL) project is a groundbreaking project in South Africa that combines subjective and survey data to identify key priorities needed...

2021 Decent Standard of Living Colloquium Report

2021 Decent Standard of Living Colloquium Report

November 2018 saw the commencement of a research programme that would reframe the way that South Africans look at life. This research, into what...

2020 Annual Report: Decent Standard of Living Colloquium

2020 Annual Report: Decent Standard of Living Colloquium

For SPII as a collection of people it was a difficult year. We anticipated the hard lockdown by working from home in early March...

Colloquium 2019

Colloquium 2019

A composite report of the proceedings of the 2019 Colloquium and the 2019 Research and Publications on expanding a Decent Standard of Living in...

Dr Wiseman Magasela – Address at the Decent Standard of Living Colloquium

Dr Wiseman Magasela – Address at the Decent Standard of Living Colloquium

Address at the Decent Standard of Living Colloquium, 31 October 2019, Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria Challenges and Contestations: Building an inclusive society and remaining...

Change essential for South Africans to have a decent standard of living

Change essential for South Africans to have a decent standard of living

The DSL Colloquium in Pretoria centred on ‘disrupting poverty’ and moving towards providing a decent life for all. The adoption of the Decent Standard...

Decent living standard is possible

Decent living standard is possible

In South Africa, each person has a constitutional right to live a life of dignity, a right to access to food and shelter, and...

Colloquium Report 2018

Colloquium Report 2018

There is a crucial link that exists between the right to a decent standard of life and the right to DIGNITY. The right to...