We, the representatives of civil society organizations from across the Southern Africa Region, meeting under the auspices of the Fellowship of Christian Councils of Southern Africa...

                                          ‘RECLAIMING SADC FOR...

  By Busiso Moyo Despite being endowed with many natural resources, Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), wherein 13 of the 14 SADC countries are located, ranks...

by Gunnel Axelsson Nycander, International Policy Adviser, Church of Sweden   The SPII report SADC Poverty alongside mineral wealth: The case for a universal...

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

By Ayabonga Cawe[1] ‘We have not dealt with the fact that there is a colonial wage in South Africa. We need a national minimum...

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...

By Dr. Marianne S. Ulriksen Many African countries have, or are about to have, access to natural resource wealth. The assumption is that wealth...

By Mathias Burton Kafunda Malawi’s population is estimated at 14.8million. More than 46 percent of the country´s population is younger than 25 years old. Malawi´s...

By Daniel Kumitz Thankfully social protection has been talked about a lot more recently. But not all parties refer to the same understanding of...

By Hannah Dawson Poverty, unemployment and growing inequality remain South Africa’s greatest challenges in undoing the legacy of Apartheid. The ‘triple challenge’ has revealed...