Basic Package of Support for Youth receives additional funding through the Capacity Building Programme for Employment Promotion 2nd May 202030th Jun 2021Kim Ingle Throughout 2019, the BPS team worked to complete the design and implementation plan of a comprehensive support package for young people in South Africa who are NEET. Now, in 2020, with renewed support from the Capacity Building Programme for Employment Promotion, located in GTAC, the team enters the preparatory stage to roll out pilot sites in several parts of the country at the beginning of 2021. SALDRU News
COVID-19 related projects that Saldrupians are working on 2nd May 202028th Oct 2021Kim Ingle Several Saldrupians are actively working on COVID-19 related projects. This article discusses several of these in brief. SALDRU News
SALDRU evaluates promising program to improve reading for meaning 2nd May 202028th Sep 2022Kim Ingle Cally Ardington Prof. Cally Ardington has led a SALDRU team to evaluate some of the work done by the Funda Wande NGO on educational interventions. Funda Wande was invited by the Eastern Cape Department of Education to pilot their in-service coaching model in primary schools in the province. The SALDRU researchers were charged with conducting an impact evaluation of the programme. SALDRU News
South Africa can – and should – top up child support grants to avoid a humanitarian crisis 1st Apr 202030th Nov 2021Kim Ingle In an article in The Conversation, Saldrupians Ihsaan Bassier, Josh Budlender, Prof. Murray Leibbrandt, Prof. Vimal Ranchhod and Rocco Zizzamia argue that South Africa’s lockdown will hit informal workers and their households hardest and that a top-up to the Child Support Grant (CSG) is needed to mitigate this impact. In the Media
The 2020 Budget, COVID-19 and the challenges ahead 1st Apr 202030th Jun 2021Kim Ingle Andrew Donaldson Following another year of sluggish growth and revenue under-performance, Minister Mboweni’s 2020 budget had to achieve a near-impossible balance between fiscal consolidation and support for economic recovery. The world has changed and both monetary and fiscal policies at the national level will have to adapt to the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic impact of the lockdown. SALDRU News
Measuring the economic benefits of Whiteness during apartheid 26th Feb 202027th Feb 2020Kim Ingle In a new SALDRU working paper, Prof. Vimal Ranchhod and Dr Miquel Pellicer estimate the economic returns to Race during apartheid. Using multiple Censuses, and a change in the racial classification process for statistical identification, they estimate the effects of being classified as White, as compared to being Coloured, on educational attainment, employment, and income. SALDRU News
How can we act on inequalities in South Africa? 26th Feb 202028th Apr 2021Kim Ingle The question of what strategies and interventions can help to address the situation illuminated by the November 2019 Inequality Trends in South Africa report was tackled at a multi-sectoral stakeholder engagement hosted by SALDRU, Statistics South Africa and the Agence Franciase de Developpement (AFD) under the banner of ACEIR. SALDRU News
Turning Africa’s divided past into a cohesive future 26th Feb 202027th Feb 2020Kim Ingle A new book, From 'Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures: Reflections on Africa', edited by SALDRU affiliate Prof. Hiroyuki Hino and Prof. Arnim Langer, Prof. John Lonsdale and Prof. Frances Stewart. The book was launched this month at a colloquium hosted jointly by SALDRU, UCT’s Poverty & Inequality Initiative and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) who funded the work. SALDRU News
Nidhi Parekh joins J-PAL Africa as Project Director for DigiFI 26th Feb 202026th Feb 2020Kim Ingle Nidhi Parekh has joined J-PAL as the Project Director for the Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI) - J-PAL Africa’s first initiative. Spotlight
SALDRU scholarship recipient, Bongai Munguni, selected for Researchers without Borders PhD programme 29th Jan 202029th Jan 2020Kim Ingle Bongai Munguni, a SALDRU PhD scholarship awardee has been selected for the Researchers without Borders PhD programme. Spotlight
