by Nikayla Naidu | Jul 10, 2021 | Articles, Media
The latest National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) suggests that women remain the most vulnerable and are experiencing higher rates of unemployment and hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic. We cannot achieve a decent standard of...
by Nikayla Naidu | Jul 16, 2021 | Articles, Media
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY 16 JULY 2021 40 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS: ‘WE WANT R1,268 FOR ALL NOW’ SOUTH AFRICA: Today, over 40 social justice civil society activists committed to a national demand that the government introduce...
by Nikayla Naidu | Jul 26, 2021 | Articles, Media
Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute Director, Isobel Frye, speaks to Mandy Wiener from 702 during the Midday Report about the current looting, rising poverty rates and lack of South African government’s commitment to a Basic Income Grant, which will...
by Admin | Oct 29, 2020 | Articles
A Webinar on a decent standard of living and the importance of multidimensional poverty measurement in the Covid-19 recovery of South Africa Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), in partnership with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and UNICEF, is hosting...
by Trenton Elsely | Apr 15, 2020 | Articles
South Africa went into lockdown at midnight 26 March 2020, a decision that built on a global consensus of what it takes to slow the rate of infection of Covid-19 in the population. The economics of the national lockdown are straight forward. An enormous amount of...
by Stephen Devereux | Apr 8, 2020 | Articles
Poor and vulnerable South Africans, including domestic, farm, service sector, and self-employed workers as well as children from poor families, face a double shock. COVID-19 is a major health risk that has already claimed tens of thousands of lives worldwide...
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