SALDRU News – SALDRU

Understanding employment dynamics in South Africa using the NIDS-CRAM survey

25th Feb 202125th Feb 2021Kim Ingle

February 17th 2021 marked the official release of the National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) Wave 3 data. In this article Assoc. Prof. Reza Daniels focuses on what the NIDS-CRAM data can tell us about measuring employment in South Africa.

Gearing up for piloting a support programme for vulnerable young people in South Africa

28th Jan 202128th Jan 2021Kim Ingle

This article shares some of the BPS’s milestones during 2020 and provides a brief recap of the reasons underlying the development of the BPS, and why this has become especially pertinent in the context of COVID-19.

The Platform Economy: Is a crowdworker an employee? Lessons from Germany

13th Dec 202015th Dec 2020Kim Ingle Dr Ruediger Helm, lawyer of the claimant in this case

Roamler is one of a profusion of new platform companies currently disrupting the labour market by utilizing innovative definitions to describe the people it deploys to do its work. A case was brought against Roamler in Germany by a so-called member of the crowd (of Roamler's crowdsourcing platform) who was legally represented in the German Federal Labour Court by SALDRU affiliate, Dr Ruediger Helm.

Youth Explorer team presents to the ESIEID Ministerial Cluster

13th Dec 202013th Dec 2020Kim Ingle

In early December 2020, Ariane de Lannoy presented to the Ministerial Cluster for the Economic Sectors, Investment, Employment and Infrastructure Development, on behalf of the Youth Explorer team and as part of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention.

Benchmarking early grade reading literacy skills in Nguni languages

26th Nov 202030th Nov 2020Kim Ingle

A multi-disciplinary team from SALDRU at UCT, RESEP at Stellenbosch University and NORC at the University of Chicago have collaborated to establish benchmarks for foundational reading skills in three Nguni languages.

The value of South Africa for understanding durable inequalities

26th Nov 202030th Nov 2020Kim Ingle

The lessons and experiences from South Africa have a lot to contribute to the conceptualisation and implementation of policies to reduce inequality worldwide, as well as to the theories that can help us to understand how inequalities come about.

Youth lockdown surveys ignite plans for a youth research and advocacy consortium

26th Oct 202027th Oct 2020Kim Ingle

During the first strict phase of the COVID-19 lockdown, SALDRU collaborated with UNICEF and a range of other partners to reach out to young people aged 18 – 34 via an online survey. Findings of the survey are now available and form the basis for further collaboration with civil society and academic partners, with a focus on developing a youth research and advocacy consortium.

The role of digital identification and payments in supporting resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

26th Oct 202027th Oct 2020Kim Ingle Nidhi Parekh and Aimee Hare

Two updates from the DigiFI Africa team are highlighted in this post - DigiFI’s involvement in the G7 partnership on women’s digital financial inclusion, and recent findings on the role of a Universal Basic Income in supporting pandemic resilience.

The South African labour market during COVID-19

30th Sep 202025th Feb 2021Kim Ingle

Over the past few months, several Saldrupians have been involved in research on employment dynamics using the first two waves of the NIDS-CRAM survey, and a total of five related papers have been produced. This article contains a brief synthesis of the key findings from these papers.

Siyaphambili: A Stronger South African Nation Website

30th Aug 20201st Sep 2020Kim Ingle

The Siyaphambili post-school research group in SALDRU has just launched an interactive website to track and monitor post-school qualifications attainment in South Africa.