SPII in the Media Archives - Page 8 of 11

Ramaphosa’s Covid-19 stimulus: Income relief is not ‘the awful indignity of charitable handouts’

Thomas Robert Malthus, writing in 1798 on the English Poor Laws, wrote: ‘… dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful. Such a stimulus seems...

Covid-19, Unemployment and a Basic Income Grant

#BIGNow: Covid-19, Unemployment and a Basic Income Grant Source: COPAC SA - YouTube

Community Constituency Covid 19 Front – Leadership Response Post Presidential Speech

Leadership Response Post President Cyril Ramaphosa Announcement on 21 April 2020. Source: Civil Society South Africa - Facebook

South Africa’s social welfare net with Isobel Frye

South Africa's social welfare net with Isobel Frye on SABC. Source: SABC News(YouTube)

COVID-19 Lockdown: Minimising the impact of coronavirus on food security

Minimising the impact of coronavirus on food security during Covid-19 Lockdown - Isobel Frye. Source: SABC News(YouTube)

Looking at the SASSA grant system in South Africa and its function during the national lockdown

The Mediated Conversation: Looking at the SASSA grant system in South Africa and its function during the national lockdown Guests: Mervyn Abrahams, Coordinator for...

Active Citizenship: Civil society outlooks on 2020

One of the unique features of South Africa’s Constitution is the role that it assigns to citizens in ensuring accountable government. We are a...

Poor will bear brunt

BUDGET: GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO REDUCE THE MONEY IT SPENDS. It has been proven that instead of improving an economy, austerity makes it worse.

Universal basic income and universal basic services: what have we learned and what’s next?

Over the past years, Universal Basic Income (UBI) has increasingly been discussed in countries across the world. India’s 2019 elections featured UBI in a...

People in rural areas are better off than those in the city: IMF

The International Monetary Fund says the decline in income per capita in Gauteng Province is more severe than in any other province. This basically...

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

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