Isobel Frye

GGA webinar series: The SA 2020 Scenarios Project

Pockets of excellence still exist: we must just learn how to harness them

Derek Davey

10 min read

Late last week, the Social Policy Initiative released a statement revealing that it had called on Ramaphosa to urgently host an inclusive debate on South Africa’s macroeconomic priorities in the wake of recent media coverage. (Emmanuel DUNAND / POOL / AFP)

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

20 SEP 2023

Fiscal manoeuvring stands to break trust

A cloak-and-dagger approach to macroeconomic policy could further hinder the state’s exercise in confidence-building

Sarah Smit

5 min read

BASIC INCOME GRANT

26 SEP 2021

R350 social relief grant not enough to live on

Nearly half of the population in South Africa — one of the most unequal countries in the world — is considered chronically poor.

Chris Gilili

5 min read

ISOBEL FRYE

7 APR 2004

Election policies put poverty on hold

<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>With South Africa’s poor constituting a large portion of potential voters â€” and a significant…

Staff Reporter

7 min read