SPII in the Media Archives - Page 9 of 11

Panel discussion: Midterm Budget Speech – Podcast

Economists Sacha Knox, Redge Nkosi and Phelisa Nkomo join Lee Ndaba on the line to discuss the recent Midterm Budget Policy Statement that was...

BUDGET JUSTICE COALITION KEY POINTS ON THE 2019 MEDIUM TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT (MTBPS) A CALL TO ACTION

THE MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET PROPOSALS WILL MAKE LIFE HARDER FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN SOUTH AFRICA. The MTBPS is government’s broad three-year spending plan...

A Medium Term Budget Policy Statement that is blind to gender, inequality and ignores Constitutional duties on the state cannot take our country forward

The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) is concerned that the 2019 MTBPS proposes a deepening of austerity (cutting expenditure to address debt) in the country....

Mid-term budget: Panel breaks down the MTBPS

The economy is only expected to grow by half percent this year - nowhere near what's needed to deal with the unemployment crisis... that...

Advancing a democratically defined decent standard of living

Source: Philip Alston(YouTube)

The Impact of Poverty On The Youth and Social Cohesion

Play Podcast Listen to Isobel Frye, Director of SPII, talking about the impact of poverty on the youth and social cohesion on Channel...

NHI is SA’s response to global call for universal health coverage

Healthcare forms the basis for the realisation of a wide variety of socioeconomic rights, which is why the NHI is a much-needed step in...

4IRSA Digital Economic Summit

Highlights from the inaugural 4th Industrial Revolution SA (4IRSA) Digital Economy Summit, in which Isobel Frye presented on ‘Shaking out Structural Poverty and Inequality’ and...

A Life Without Struggle In SA Is Achievable

In among all the numbers, we have lost sight of dignity, and our value and worth as human beings. Poverty and inequality are the...

Ailing Economy Weakens Fight Against Poverty

SPII weighs in on the traumatic experience of structural, intergenerational poverty in South Africa and points to the increased need for, and relevance of,...

How Can We Change Our Economic Trajectory?

Isobel Frye, Director of SPII, in a panel discussion about the economic trajectory of South Africa, pointing to seismic shifts in relation to unemployment.

Analysis Of Statistics On Poverty In South Africa: Sacha Knox

Sacha Knox, Senior Researcher and Budget Analyst at SPII, discussing the new Poverty Lines from StatsSA, Inequality in South Africa and the need for...