SALDRU News – SALDRU

Basic Package of Support: Reaching Proof of concept

29th May 20231st Jun 2023Kim Ingle

The BPS has been through three phases of development: (a) initial concept and design, (b) preparation for the pilot, and (c) a pilot to reach proof of concept. Having achieved the proof of concept, the BPS is now entering an incubation phase, characterised by improvements through ongoing learning and preparation for scale.

Youth Explorer: building layers of knowledge to better inform policy design and planning

29th May 202329th May 2023Kim Ingle

The Youth Explorer currently maps a series of indicators on youth well-being and does this at various geographical levels. This allows users to understand the lived experiences of young people across the country. This year, several exciting pieces of work are being conducted to build an even stronger and more complete pipeline of information.

A Focus on Youth, in the run up to June 2023

29th May 202329th May 2023Kim Ingle

Several of SALDRU’s youth-focused projects are a part of the PYEI and of the NPMN. This article discusses two of these projects.

Youth employment programmes have the potential to meaningfully impact learning outcomes in the early grades

24th Apr 202324th Apr 2023Kim Ingle

SALDRU was tasked with conducting an independent evaluation of the Funda Wande intervention in Limpopo.

An introduction to SALDRU’s administrative team

30th Mar 202330th Mar 2023Kim Ingle Tania Hendricks

In this article Tania Hendricks, who heads up the SALDRU administrative team, introduces us to the core SALDRU administrative team.

2023 Budget – awaiting political consolidation

27th Feb 2023Kim Ingle

Andrew Donaldson reviews what was covered in South Africa's 2023 Budget.

The power of bosses to set wages explains much of South Africa’s inequality

30th Jan 202330th Jan 2023Kim Ingle Ihsaan Bassier

In a study, forthcoming in the Journal of Development Economics, Ihsaan Bassier shows that for the vast majority of workers, how much they are paid has as much to do with which employer they work for, as with what they bring to the table in terms of skills and experience.

SALDRU co-hosts ANTHUSIA end-of-programme colloquium

1st Dec 2022Kim Ingle

SALDRU co-hosted the final colloquium of the Anthropology of Human Security (ANTHUSIA) programme.

Towards a Basic Package of Support – a year of great milestones

1st Dec 2022Kim Ingle

The Basic Package of Support for NEET youth (BPS) project is coming to the end of its first year of piloting the programme.

Exhibiting at the World Science Forum 2022

1st Dec 202211th Jan 2023Kim Ingle

SALDRU is one of a handful of UCT units whose work will be displayed at the 2022 World Science Forum. SALDRU’s contribution will mainly focus on the African Centre of Excellence in Inequality Research (ACEIR).