Access to Mobile Phones Won’t Magically Fix Youth Unemployment in Africa 31st Jan 201831st Jul 2019Fazila Farouk The Conversation SALDRU’s Ariane De Lannoy and a colleague find that mobile phones are failing many more young people in their search for employment and livelihoods. In the Media
Income Gap a Case of Dwarfs and Giants 25th Jan 201831st Mar 2021Fazila Farouk Business Day “There is a concern that survey data tend to underestimate very high incomes,” writes SALDRU's Pippa Green in Business Day. In the Media
Binge-drinking is a Huge Problem in SA — But We Can’t Admit It 23rd Jan 20182nd Feb 2018Fazila Farouk Business Day SALDRU's Nicole Vellios and Corné van Walbeek say the huge drinking problem revealed in their research strengthens the argument for ‘strong‚ evidence-based policies that reduce the detrimental effects of alcohol use’. In the Media
Stable middle-class in SA may be smaller than thought, study shows 2nd Oct 201729th Jun 2018Fazila Farouk By Murray Leibbrandt & Rocco Zizzamia/Business Day Being in the stable middle class is not only about location in the literal middle of the income distribution: it means being free from poverty, not only today, but also tomorrow. It is about the freedom and stability to engage in mid-and long-term planning. In the Media
Poverty and Inequality Initiative Highlights Enduring Trauma of Apartheid 27th Jul 201726th Feb 2020Fazila Farouk The wounds of apartheid-era violence and doctrinarism still cut deep into the consciousness of its victims 23 years after its demise. Recently UCT’s In the Media
SALDRU Talks to Radio Sonder Grense about the National Income Dynamics Study 20th Jul 201728th Oct 2021Fazila Farouk SALDRU’s Corné van Walbeek spoke to Melissa Tighy of Radio Sonder Grense (RSG) about the National Income Dynamic Study (NIDS). NIDS researchers are In the Media
Popular on the Airwaves: SALDRU & Harvard-Med Study on Need for Universal Access to ARV Therapy 22nd Jun 201731st Aug 2021CommerceIT Brendan Maughan-Brown of SALDRU and Ingrid Katz of Harvard Medical School recently published a commentary in The Lancet HIV to accompany a research In the Media
