SA in no position to take advantage of World Economic Forum
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Picture: Gallo Images/Brenton Geach While South Africa’s geographic location gives it a strategic edge over the rest of Africa, failure to ensure domestic stability – energy, logistics, ports and rail are in crisis – remains an impediment in a campaign to woo potential investors at the World Economic Forum in Davos, […]
SPI Talk Newsletter | Nov – Dec 2023
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From R350 to UBI: Online Campaign
From R350 to UBI: Empowering South Africans with Financial Security South Africa’s Unemployment Crisis: Can UBI Be the Answer? [#Day1] #SouthAfrica, a nation of potential facing #inequality. Join us on a 14-day journey to explore solutions for a more equitable, prosperous, and just society. #UBI #SocialPolicyInitiative #350grant #UniversalBasicIncome #new #news The R350 Grant: A Lifeline […]
Global Basic Income Grant (BIG) Pilots since 2000
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The Social Policy Initiative MTBPS Statement
MTBPS: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana On Wednesday November 1st, the Minister of Finance Mr Enoch Godongwana delivered the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (the MTBPS). This year’s speech was a very political one ahead of the 2024 national elections. This budget speech followed on the President’s speech on Monday evening which has been dubbed an […]
SPI Talk Newsletter July-August 2023
The second issue of SPI Talk explores the themes of Living on a Prayer (The South African Woman), Universal Basic Income, and The Dimensions of Poverty. This issue features articles, interviews, and opinion pieces that provide insights into these complex issues and their impact on South African society. Read it now!
DSL Launch | 17 August 2023
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Consumers are struggling more now than in 2020
Durban – Economists and civil society groups have agreed with the assertion that consumers are currently struggling with their finances more than they did amid the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, due to high inflation, rising interest rates, rising fuel costs and constant load shedding.
Towards a Renewed Social Contract: NGO CSocD Civil Society Declaration
SPI has signed this Declaration Contract as a commitment to universal social protection for all.
REWIRED Podcast – Power Disruptor Ayanda Sishi Part 2 | Youth and Gender Activism and BIG
In Part Two Ayanda talks with great passion about the divide and distance between formal politicians and the youth in South Africa, concluding that if there were any decent politicians in South Africa today we would have had a universal Basic Income Grant a long time back.