MTBPS: Pro-poor policy must be by design, not default!

MTBPS: Pro-poor policy must be by design, not default!

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

eNCA: MTBPS: Pro-poor policy must be by design, not default!

eNCA: MTBPS: Pro-poor policy must be by design, not default!

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

eNCA: Mid-term budget | Concern over budget cuts (MTBPS)

eNCA: Mid-term budget | Concern over budget cuts (MTBPS)

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)....

IOL: MTBPS: Pro-poor policy must be by design, not default!

IOL: MTBPS: Pro-poor policy must be by design, not default!

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

Mental well-being: Healthy diets a luxury for many SA Children

Mental well-being: Healthy diets a luxury for many SA Children

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,...

A universal basic income grant (UBIG) and why South Africa needs it

A universal basic income grant (UBIG) and why South Africa needs it

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

Godongwana and the presidency battle over grants

Godongwana and the presidency battle over grants

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...

The Citizen: Government’s ‘secretive’ family grant plans laid bare

The Citizen: Government’s ‘secretive’ family grant plans laid bare

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...

R350 SRD Grant Rapid Assessment: Final Report

R350 SRD Grant Rapid Assessment: Final Report

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...

NGO Pulse: A Decent Standard of Living

NGO Pulse: A Decent Standard of Living

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

The Daily Maverick: Civil society orgs concerned about the family grant

The Daily Maverick: Civil society orgs concerned about the family grant

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

Minister Lindiwe Zulu: Launch of The Rapid Assessment of the Implementation and Utilisation of the Special Coronavirus Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD) Report

Minister Lindiwe Zulu: Launch of The Rapid Assessment of the Implementation and Utilisation of the Special Coronavirus Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRD) Report

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...