SALDRU News – SALDRU

From Now On: A video-based intervention to promote HIV treatment among men

30th Aug 202131st Aug 2021Kim Ingle

SALDRU researcher Brendan Maughan-Brown completed the development of a video-based intervention titled From Now On, which aims to encourage South African men living with HIV to start, and to stay on, HIV treatment

NIDS-CRAM, a uniquely collaborative national survey to meet the needs of the moment

28th Jul 202128th Jul 2021Kim Ingle Kim Ingle and Tim Brophy

In late March 2020, the idea for a rapid survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on South Africa was first conceived by Dr Nic Spaull of Stellenbosch University, together with several researchers from across the country. SALDRU quickly became involved in helping to make this happen and NIDS-CRAM was born.

Inventories and the outlook for 2021 GDP growth

30th Jun 202130th Jun 2021Kim Ingle

The quarterly change in inventories is a key indicator, both of the impact of lockdown in 2020, and of the recovery path ahead. The national accounts have now recorded six consecutive quarters of inventory destocking.

COVID-19 learning losses: early grade reading in South Africa

30th Jun 202130th Jun 2021Kim Ingle

This article contributes to the literature on COVID-19 learning losses by providing one of the first pieces of evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on learning from a developing country. Early grade reading gains for different cohorts of learners at the same schools in South Africa are compared.

“We could be more if people believe in us”

23rd Jun 202130th Jun 2021Kim Ingle

The first pilot of the Basic Package of Support (BPS) programme will be implemented in Atlantis, situated some 70km from Cape Town in the Western Cape, later in 2021. In preparation for the pilot launch, the first site visit was held in March and with further conversations in May and June.

New SALDRU Youth Explorer Team Members

31st May 202131st May 2021Kim Ingle

Large amounts of data on government provided services are being gathered and verified in a collaborative effort by SALDRU and OpenUp, supported by the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention and its partners.

Youth Explorer expanded into tool for services mapping and referrals

31st May 202131st May 2021Kim Ingle

The development of the Youth Explorer by SALDRU researchers in collaboration with OpenUp and government partners began four years ago. When the portal

UCT lecture by Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee

31st May 202131st May 2021Kim Ingle

Co-founder of J-PAL (whose Africa office is based in SALDRU) and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Abhijit Banerjee, spoke at UCT's virtual Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture.

South African inequalities highlighted at international conference

28th Apr 202128th Apr 2021Kim Ingle

Findings from South Africa’s first multidimensional inequality diagnostics report recently featured prominently at a high-level conference hosted by the European Union (EU) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

On the 2021 Budget

31st Mar 202130th Jun 2021Kim Ingle Andrew Donaldson

The 2021 South African National Budget confirms National Treasury’s firm resolve to reverse South Africa’s rising debt burden while adjusting to a lower growth and inflation outlook. The outcome is a brutal constraint on spending for the period ahead.