A DAMASCENE moment occurred for me last week, sitting in a meeting with the minister of finance before the much- postponed 2021 MTBPS. In...

A DAMASCENE moment occurred for me last week, sitting in a meeting with the minister of finance before the much- postponed 2021 MTBPS. In...

Dr. Nqobile Zulu, Research Manager at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute joins eNCA for a discussion on the Mid-term budget cuts (MTBPS)....

A DAMASCENE moment occurred for me last week, sitting in a meeting with the minister of finance before the much- postponed 2021 MTBPS. In...

Healthy diets are crucial for the overall mental well-being of a child. In South Africa, close to 3 million children go to bed hungry,...

Something other than doubts about the workability or fairness of the scheme is at play here, however. The real worry is that a household...

In a move that is causing ructions in government, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is set to propose that the Covid-19 social relief of distress...

Civil society organisations have criticised a “secretive” and “closed door” proposal by government. National Treasury has proposed a family grant that would replace the R350 Covid...

Introduction and Background South Africa went into a nation-wide lockdown from 26 March 2020, which was extended through a risk-adjusted approach ranging from Alert...

Managing Director of BDRC Africa Linda Findlay reflects on challenges – and very unexpected benefits – of conducting telephonic research in the thick of...

Civil society organisations campaigning for basic income are becoming increasingly alarmed by the fact that National Treasury seems determined to unilaterally, and secretively, push...

Chief Executive Officer of South African Social Security Agency, Ms. BJ Totsie Memela-Khambula; Deputy Director-General for Comprehensive Social Security, Ms. Brenda Sibeko; Executive Director...