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
SA needs policy shift on youth 8th Jan 20208th Jan 2020Kim Ingle SALDRU’s Ariane De Lannoy and Murray Leibbrandt co-authored an op-ed for the City Press on 16 June 2019 with Najwah Allie-Edries, Lauren Graham, Nilmini Herath and Shakira Maharaj. The authors explain how a local research consortium has been investigating what type of intervention can be designed to ensure that South Africa’s NEET young people are as supported as EU youth are by its “youth guarantee” programme. In the Media
SA faces enormous challenges 27th Nov 201927th May 2020Kim Ingle Murray Leibbrandt together with Anda David from the Agence Francaise de Développement (AFD) and Werner Ruch from StatsSA, wrote an op-ed for City Press which explains the policy importance of the 'Inequality Trends in South Africa' report, the collaboration behind it and the datasets used in compiling the report. In the Media
Impact of Nobel laureates’ work is felt by SA’s youth and kids in our classrooms 29th Oct 201930th Jan 2022Kim Ingle 2019’s Economics Nobel laureates are Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. A recent Sunday Times article by Murray Leibbrandt and Laura Poswell explains how J-PAL Africa and SALDRU are proud to have worked with all three laureates to bring appropriate use of the tools they have developed and popularised to South Africa and the region. In the Media
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
South Africa at a Glance, Looking Back at 10 Years and 5 Waves of NIDS 28th Feb 201914th Mar 2019Charmaine Smith The National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) has been interviewing the same 28 000 people, and the people that they live with at the time, since 2008. In this video, some of the findings after five waves of NIDS are explored. In the MediaVideos
Illicit Cigarettes Undermine Government’s Public Health and Fiscal Agenda 28th Feb 201914th Mar 2019Charmaine Smith By Corné Van Walbeek, Nicole Vellios, Hana Ross and Laura Rossouw In a recent op-ed published in 'Business Day', members of the Economics of Tobacco Control Project argue that the multinational corporations have, over a long period, created the incentives for competitors to enter the market by aggressively increasing the retail price of cigarettes by substantially more than the increase in the excise tax. In the Media
Why is South Africa’s Unemployment Rate so High? 28th Feb 20191st Dec 2022Charmaine Smith By Vimal Ranchhod Vimal Ranchhod considers potential explanations for why South Africa has such a persistently high unemployment rate in an op-ed in 'GroundUp'. He points to historical factors, a struggling educational system, the need to encourage investments, a highly concentrated market structure, and the costs of living in a low trust society In the Media
Renewed Media Interest in SALDRU’s Income Comparison Tool 21st Dec 201821st Dec 2018Fazila Farouk December saw renewed media interest in SALDRU’s Income Comparison Tool with three popular publications including Times Live, City Press and Daily Vox publishing articles about it from varying perspectives. SALDRU is pleased to see that the continued media interest. The tool is one of the most striking demonstrations of the economic challenge facing SA. In the Media
Watch: Leibbrandt Talks to eNCA about Innovative Policy and Research Integration Initiative 26th Nov 201827th Nov 2018Fazila Farouk SA-TIED is a partnership between government and the research community targeting inclusive economic growth. Through it, government officials study towards PhDs. SALDRU's Murray Leibbrandt is a senior SA-TIED economist. eNCA TV channel caught up with him to learn more. In the Media
