SADC: Poverty alongside mineral wealth – the case for a universal basic income grant Africa accounts for 60% of the world’s Platinum; 40% Gold;...

The latest issue of the SADC Basic Income Grant Newsletter is Out. There are new and exciting developments, news,  recommended readings and forthcoming events...

In 2005, President Mandela spoke these words to a crowd gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, campaigning for the end of poverty. As I was...

The latest issue of the SADC Basic Income Grant Newsletter is Out. There are new and exciting developments, news,  recommended readings and forthcoming events...

SPII recently attended and participated at the 10th SADC Civil Society Forum Conference held in Harare, Zimbabwe. Download full Pdf Document of Declarations  Declaration 10th...

SPII is proud to share and circulate the Communique from the recently convened SADC People’s Summit in Bulawayo Zimbabwe. Download full Pdf Document  SADC...

This paper is part of a five-year project that the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII)1 is working on that seeks to investigate the...

The latest SADC Basic Income Grant Campaign Newsletter June Issue is out. Click here for more.  

The latest issue of the SADC BIG Campaign Newsletter is out. Click here for more

Fundamentally, fiscal policy shapes the environment in which trade, investment and development take place. Central to the current economic development agenda, taxation should provide...

Substantial allocations of the national budgets are being invested annually in social protection policies and programme to address high levels of poverty and vulnerability...

Social Protection has never been as important as it is now in Southern Africa. We at the Secretariat are excited about the call for...