Youth Explorer training 27th May 201913th Dec 2020Kim Ingle This month, SALDRU researchers, in partnership with the Department of the Premier of the Western Cape Government and OpenUp , organised a half day workshop on the use of SALDRU’s Youth Explorer and its range of youth-specific indicators, mapped at national, provincial and ward level. Spotlight
ARUA ACEIR Workshops 27th May 201928th Oct 2021Kim Ingle This month, the South African node of the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) (hosted in SALDRU), participated in a networking workshop organised by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and the “Northern 8” (N8) universities of the UK. The purpose of the workshop was to facilitate collaboration and provide a platform for joint projects amongst the ARUA network and the N8 universities. Spotlight
Can Ramaphosa Do It? 27th May 201930th Jun 2021Kim Ingle By Andrew Donaldson, Senior Research Officer, SALDRU Following South Africa's recent parliamentary election, President Cyril Ramaphosa has a long economic reform agenda and a public impatient for results. He will need both skill and statesmanship to overcome the corruption and bureaucratic inertia holding back the country's economy. In the Media
Providing a multi-faceted package of support to young people 27th May 201930th Jan 2022Kim Ingle While the transition from adolescence to young adulthood is a crucial life phase, most of South Africa’s young people are negotiating this period in the context of multiple challenges of deprivation. Of great concern are the close to one third of 15 to 24-year-olds who are not in any kind of education, employment or training (NEET), totalling just over three million youth. With a growing body of research pointing to the harmful long-term effects of such a disconnect on these youth, a SALDRU-led coalition project is in the process of designing an intervention programme that can give these youth support and that is tailor-made for their individual circumstances. SALDRU News
