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.
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).
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.
The Budget Justice Coalition's submission to the Select and Standing Committees on Appropriations shows that austerity budgeting has led to expenditure cuts and allocations which pit the realisation of different rights against each other.
This presentation was made to the Select and Standing Committees on Finance during the public hearing following the 2019 Budget speech
A five-year review of budget policies and outcomes made as a Budget Justice Coalition submission to the Select and Standing Committees on Finance.
In October 2018 South Africa appeared before the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
This submission highlights areas within selected programmes that are in need of concerted interventions in relation to budgeting and planning.
This submission outlines the key concerns and recommendations of the Institute for Economic Justice, SECTION27 and CESR on the occasion of South Africa's review before the United Nations Committee.
