A book containing essays written by leading experts in their fields (including the IEJ's Dr Basani Baloyi and Katrina Lehmann-Grube), exploring what it will take to achieve a just and climate-resilient transition in South Africa. The subject matter is wide-ranging—from…
The current draft amendments and accompanying draft Department of Social Development (DSD) Social Relief of Distress grant (SRD) Procedure Manual fail in certain places to reflect serious recognition of, and response to, the long-standing administrative issues and accessibility barriers of…
Using a feminist intersectional and interlinkages approach, this project closely examines policy changes that have taken place during the period of exceptionality produced by the pandemic, exploring how they may impact the future in four policy areas: macroeconomics; labour policies…
The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) submitted the following to the Standing Finance Committee and the Select Finance Committee in Parliament is response to the Budget Review and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) tabled by the Minister of Finance…
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)…
This paper presents an exploratory research project on the role of civil society research evidence in influencing government policies towards fair tax systems in Africa. Through case studies, the researchers interrogated the intersections between the strategic deployment of research evidence…
This paper presents an exploratory research project on the role of civil society research evidence in influencing government policies towards fair tax systems in Africa. Through case studies, the researchers interrogated the intersections between the strategic deployment of research evidence…
In this submission, civil society organisations welcomed the introduction of long-overdue legal requirements for wage gap disclosure, a binding vote on executive pay, and transparency in relation to company ownership. The inequality which characterises South African society is widespread and…
Over the past two decades, the African continent has experienced reasonable economic growth oscillating between about 3 ? 6%, yet this growth has not translated in the creation of sufficient ? let alone decent ? employment opportunities for most Africans.?In…
