by Isobel Frye | Jul 10, 2019 | Articles
Poverty is political. It is about choices, values and self- interest. It is about power, about winners and losers. If you think it too dramatic to say that poverty is about life and death, it is certainly about how you live and how and when you die. Poverty is not a...
by Trenton Elsely | Jul 9, 2019 | Articles
Is this what a decent life looks like? It’s Sunday morning and your family is getting ready to go to church. Mother asks you to switch off all the lights before you leave. Electricity is expensive she says. You hear the toilet flush so you know that your sister is...
by Isobel Frye | Jul 8, 2019 | Articles
It is remarkable that South Africa’s social security laws are still based on the pre-1994 Social Assistance Act, with tweaks. These laws were aimed at the well-being of white South Africans in the context of virtual full employment for white men. They do not...
by Admin | Jul 2, 2019 | Reports
‘Ubomi obungahlelelekanga’ – ‘A life without struggle’ This report presents the findings of a ground-breaking study which has developed a socially-derived definition of a Decent Standard of Living (DSL) that is expressed in monetary terms, and a Decent Standard...
by Admin | Jul 2, 2019 | Reports
There is a crucial link that exists between the right to a decent standard of life and the right to dignity. The right to dignity is an inalienable right guaranteed in Section 10 of the South African Constitution. The infographics provide a snapshot of the research on...
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