SAfm: The Talking Point with Isobel Frye and Cathy Mohlahlana

SAfm: The Talking Point with Isobel Frye and Cathy Mohlahlana

“We need to have an urgent humanitarian intervention,” – Isobel Frye   The Director of Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute, Isobel Frye, makes...

eNCA: R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant, discussion with Isobel Frye

eNCA: R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant, discussion with Isobel Frye

  “Recognising the magnitude of this response, we hoped it would have been seamless.” – Isobel Frye, Director of the Studies in Poverty and...

The Watchdog outlines the need for a Basic Income Grant

The Watchdog outlines the need for a Basic Income Grant

The Watchdog SABC news, based on reports from the Institute of Economic Justice, discusses how the basic income grant may be financed by a...

New calls for the basic income grant – Cape Talk radio

New calls for the basic income grant – Cape Talk radio

  "I think it is fair to say now before ever there are signals that the basic income grant is being considered by government."...

The importance of basic income grant is highlighted by the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute

The importance of basic income grant is highlighted by the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute

"The Poverty and Inequality Institute has emphasised the importance of a basic income grant of R1 268 per month – saying people living on...

BIG is best: Civil society campaign highlights urgency of basic income grant after recent looting

BIG is best: Civil society campaign highlights urgency of basic income grant after recent looting

"If the recent unrest in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal has shown us anything, it is that it has never been more urgent to...

Op-ed: We need a real commitment to poverty relief’s Basic Income Grant idea, not more talk from the ANC

Op-ed: We need a real commitment to poverty relief’s Basic Income Grant idea, not more talk from the ANC

  In his January 8 speech, President Cyril Ramaphosa committed the ANC to “intensify other poverty alleviation measures alongside the economic recovery. This year, the ANC, government...

Press Release: Civil Society Forges Plan Toward A Basic Income Grant of R1,268 For All

Press Release: Civil Society Forges Plan Toward A Basic Income Grant of R1,268 For All

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY 15 JULY 2021 We demand that the state  provides a universal basic income grant of R1 268 to...

At what point does poverty and inequality pose a threat to stability?

At what point does poverty and inequality pose a threat to stability?

South Africans living in poverty have faced some of their most challenging circumstances in light of record unemployment, Covid-19 lockdown and diminishing incomes. Meanwhile, the...

Women more vulnerable during pandemic in SA – study

Women more vulnerable during pandemic in SA – study

The latest National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) suggests that women remain the most vulnerable and are experiencing higher rates...

Poverty to blame for 500,000 SA school dropouts during the pandemic

Poverty to blame for 500,000 SA school dropouts during the pandemic

Poverty is directly to blame for the skyrocketing school dropout rate in the county. The latest National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey...

The Crucial Role of local CSOs in helping communities reduce poverty

The Crucial Role of local CSOs in helping communities reduce poverty

The unemployment in South Africa went up to 27.1 % in the third quarter of 2016 from 26.6 in the previous period. The number...

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