First published by The Daily Vox on 29 November 2022. A Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) is a commitment by government to ensure that everyone has a minimum level of income to meet their basic needs. This is done through a regular…
This Report calls for a partnership between government, industry, communities, and labour that places the objective of employment-creating decent work, and development of the tourism industry front and centre in tourism planning in South Africa. This applies to current Covid-19…
The?Localisation of Medical Manufacturing in Africa?(LoMMiA) Research Report, a first of its kind, maps the medical manufacturing footprint of the African continent in order to assess the potential of this industry to meet multiple developmental and health-security goals through localisation…
If the very recently published Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) and Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP), and discussions around them at COP27, have you scratching your head, we’ve compiled a Fact Sheet that can help answer the questions below:…
South Africa stands to be at the center of the Global South's just transition planning as the historic Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) and Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP), published on 4 November 2022 and launched this week at COP27, are…
A presentation made by IEJ Senior Policy Specialist, Neil Coleman, during a civil society briefing on proposals around the replacements of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant and prospects for a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) on 13 October…
The South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) is one of 14 industry-specific Master Plans that form part of a national process led by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) to inform industrial strategy. The ongoing process to establish…
This submission is a response to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA)'s call for public comment on ESKOM's application to approve electricity prices increases in line with the rates listed in Eskom's Fifth Multi Year Price Determination (MYPD5)…
In this IEJ Working Paper, prepared as a discussion document for Economic Research South Africa’s (ERSA) current research project - Basic Income Support in South Africa, authors Kelle Howson and Zimbali Mncube demonstrate that a progressively-designed UBIG has the potential…
This IEJ Policy Brief assesses the validity of the narrative presenting social protection and job growth as incompatible (the ?jobs versus grants' narrative) while trying to understand why it has enjoyed lasting support in some quarters. It evaluates the research…