2019 Year In Review
2019 was a busy year for the Institute for Economic Justice! Download our 2019 annual newsletter to see what we got up to.
National Minimum Wage Parity
This report looks at the national minimum wage parity for domestic workers, farmworkers and expanded public works programme (?EPWP?) workers. The farm, domestic, and EPWP sectors were, prior to the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), ultra-low wage sectors…
Submission by the Budget Justice Coalition in response to the 2019 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
The 2019 MTBPS shows that government is choosing to deepen budget Austerity.
The cost of austerity: Lessons for South Africa
Using international evidence, this literature review shows how austerity leads to rising unemployment, falling incomes and increased inequality.
Challenging Orthodoxies in Economic Thinking in Africa
Hosted in collaboration with TrustAfrica in Dakar, Senegal from 2 to 4 September 2019, the Challenging Orthodoxies in Economic Thinking in Africa convening brought together African academics, scholars and activists to engage, as part of an ongoing process, on new…
BJC Submission To The Select And Standing Committees On Appropriation
The purpose of the Budget Justice Coalition is to collaboratively build people's understanding of, and participation in South Africa's planning and budget processes
Input to the High-Level Political Forum 2019 – Voluntary National Review of South Africa
This factsheet highlights the impacts of austerity on human rights in South Africa's deeply unequal context. It was produced in partnership with SECTION27 and CESR.
Open Letter To Ministers Of Health And Finance
This letter follows the right to health fact sheet which highlights the effects of austerity budgets by government during the 5th democratic administration and how they have severely undermined the public health system and the viability of National Health Insurance (NHI).
Austerity in the midst of inequality threatens human rights
This factsheet examines the enjoyment of economic and social rights in South Africa, ahead of the country's first appearance before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in October 2018.
