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SA’s IMF loan | COVID-19

eNCA chats to Neil Coleman, Co-Director of The Institute for Economic Justice about the IMF’s decision to grant South Africa a loan for #COVID19 emergency funding

Does South Africa need more Austerity or a Fiscal Stimulus?

The conversation details the inadequacy of the stimulus package announced by the state on top of the austerity path already embarked on pre-Covid. The constitutional obligations on the state to adhere to human rights standards frames this episode that is remarkable in the breadth and depth of the analysis.

Just Recovery Webinar

Representatives of the commissioning organisations, 350Africa.org and the Climate Justice Coalition as well as the research organisation, the Institute for Economic Justice will present the reasons the research was undertaken and an overview of the report.

Mboweni’s underlying logic confuses the scope of fiscal policy

If it’s structural reform vs spending, spending that prevents hundreds of businesses from going bust, and millions going hungry, will make a much bigger difference.

Judgment Date with Judge Dennis Davis, Episode 23: Gilad Isaacs

In this episode of Daily Maverick’s new series of Zoom interviews, Judge Dennis Davis talks to Gilad Isaacs, Co-Director, Institute for Economic Justice; Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance, Wits University, about the current policy incoherence, social compact for South Africa and modernisation of our economy.

Basic Income Grant

Last week, Minister of Social Development announced the provision of a Basic Income Grant. Can South Africa afford to offer a basic income grant to the millions of its unemployed and if this grant is not made available, what is the socio-economic cost of not assisting jobless citizens? Khaya Sithole was joined by Neil Coleman, the Co-Director of the Institute for Economic Justice and Mpiyakhe Dlamini, Data Analyst at the Free Market Foundation.

UN High Level Political Forum Webinar: Walking the Talk

Walking the talk: Exploring concrete steps towards human rights-aligned policies in a world in crisis (Virtual side event during the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development)

Social development intends on introducing universal grant post Covid-19

The government is considering introducing a universal basic income grant for unemployed South Africans between the ages of 18 and 59. As it stands, the R350 social relief of distress grant will be paid out until October leaving many to struggle once the grant is discontinued.