Poverty Archives

Joint Stakeholder Submission on the Right to Adequate Standard of Living in South Africa

Joint Stakeholder Submission to the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review on the Right to Adequate Standard of Living in South Africa (March...

SPII’s Contribution – Submission to UN CESCR

SPII's Contribution - Submission to UN CESCR on South Africa’s implementation of UN CESCR recommendations – composite index on the cost of living.

2021 DSL Narrative Report

The Decent Standard of Living (DSL) project is a groundbreaking project in South Africa that combines subjective and survey data to identify key priorities needed...

2021 Decent Standard of Living Colloquium Report

November 2018 saw the commencement of a research programme that would reframe the way that South Africans look at life. This research, into what...

SAfm: The SRD grant, does that solve our poverty, inequality?

Isobel Frye, Director of the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute dissects the newly implemented Social Relief of Distress grant and what it is...

Newzroom Afrika: Government reintroduces R350 Social Relief Grant, discussion with Isobel Frye and the urgency of a Basic Income Grant

“This is the time when political will comes forward, the vision that we have for a Decent Standard of Living is affordable and doable.’...

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...

Letter: Judith’s Prudence, Daily Maverick

‘Now is the winter of our discontent…’ Shakespeare: Richard III, spoken by Gloucester 'Despair is the state we fall into when our imagination fails....

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 Academy of Science in South Africa (ASSAf), in partnership with the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Social Policy at the University of South Africa (UNISA), cordially invites you to the webinar outlining Inequality and Poverty

What must be done if the state is to be capable of poverty and inequality reduction? In the context of weak state capacity and...

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...

Media Advisory: Mandela Day Lecture: SPII Proposes BIG Solutions to Growing Poverty and Unrest is SA

Media Advisory For Immediate Release 19 July 2021 SOUTH AFRICA - During a panel discussion reflecting on former president Nelson Mandela’s legacy in...