Social Policy

Older persons, social grants and the politics of election promises

Politicians are promising to double the Older Persons Grant, but higher payouts alone cannot fix South Africa's deep-rooted elder care crisis without investment in community care…

Elena Moore

7 min read

‘It is encouraging that the aspiration of a democratic developmental state is still on the agenda of the ruling party,’ writes Vusi Gumede.

AFRICAN ECONOMY

22 JAN 2019

Another new dawn for South Africa

The country is missing a viable social policy

Vusi Gumede

5 min read

Many reforms were influenced by the policy-making architecture that existed in the late 1990s and during the 2000s. In turn, these were shaped by the goals of a democratic society articulated in the 1996 Constitution. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

ANC

18 OCT 2018

SA’s social policies must be resurrected

As with economics, the state is rudderless, which requires a return to the ideals of the Constitution and a developmental state

Vusi Gumede

6 min read