DSL Colloquium 2019

Launched in 2018, the Decent Standard of Living (DSL) research is the result of a multi-year study by three research organisations, Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute, Southern Africa Social Policy Research Institute and the Labour Research Service. The...
Creating an inclusive society in South Africa

Creating an inclusive society in South Africa

Dr Wiseman Magasela – Address to the Decent Standard of Living Colloquium in October 2019 in Tshwane   CHALLENGES AND CONTESTATIONS: BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY AND REMAINING TRUE TO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES THROUGH ADVANCING A COMPREHENSIVE DECENT STANDARD OF...
Why South Africa needs to do better

Why South Africa needs to do better

By Dr Gemma Wright & Jabulani Jele   We now have a socially derived definition of a decent standard of living in South Africa. Dignity is a vitally important value in South Africa, both culturally and in the jurisprudence literature. The constitution places...