No recovery without rescue: Relief measures in South Africa need to move at the scale and pace of the pandemic (Part One)
South Africa is deep into its third wave of Covid-19. Vulnerable sectors continue to shed jobs, business turnover has decreased and liquidations have increased. Incomes are declining, worsening hunger and food insecurity for many households.
South Africa needs feminist economics, now
In the second response in our New Frame, New Economy forum on women in the economy, Busi Sibeko focuses on the unpaid work women do behind the scenes and how power relations need to shift.
Thought Council: How youth can contribute to economic reform in South Africa
On POWER Talk, Lukhona Mnguni speak to economist and researcher Busi Sibeko as well as economist Bongani Mahlangu to unpack South Africa’s unemployment statistics. Concerns about the impact of Covid-19 on employment were confirmed with the disheartening reality that the unemployment rate had climbed to a record high of 32.6%. The unemployment rate is the highest recorded since 2008.
SPOTLIGHT SERIES | Carilee Osborne
Welcome to episode 6 of the SPOTLIGHT series. This week we are joined by Carilee Osborne, a researcher with the Institute for Economic Justice. Together we discuss South Africa’s social and economic needs.
Judge for Yourself with Dennis Davis
Should overburdened South Africans pay even more tax? How do we increase tax collection while ensuring our hard-earned money is well spent?
Delete the Debt: Africa’s Liberation from Debt Supremacy
When Covid-19 struck, it was called the “great equaliser”. It did not take long to see that it was far from it — As rich countries in the Global North pumped money into healthcare and economies, countries in the Global South were making interest payments to the rich world’s private, public and multilateral creditors.
Under The Microscope | Neil Coleman
The most expansive child and family grants are in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina and South Africa, which has put in place the biggest social provision net in Africa. To speak more on this and other issues regarding social grants we are joined by Neil Coleman.
IEJ offers plan to fund income grant
The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) has put forward radical proposals to fund the mooted basic income grant, including a hike in dividend tax, and is calling for all unemployed adults between the ages of 18-59 to be paid R585 a month.
Calls for govt to fast-track implementation of basic income grant
Advocacy group the Black Sash on Monday said it was vital that government fast-tracked the implementation of the proposed basic income grant to help those left destitute by the lockdown.
Proposal for a basic income for all
Neil Coleman, Co-founder of the Institute for Economic Justice, speaks with eNCA Thembekile Mrototo on the need for a universal basic income guarantee.