SALDRU News – SALDRU

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).

The 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement

28th Oct 202228th Oct 2022Kim Ingle

A brief commentary on Minister Godongwana’s 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement by Andrew Donaldson.

Activating Social Capital among young people in South Africa

28th Oct 202228th Oct 2022Kim Ingle

This article examines the behavioural and psycho-social impacts of the "Activate! Change Drivers" programme on participants.

Benchmarking a pathway out of learning poverty

28th Sep 202228th Sep 2022Kim Ingle

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is leading efforts to establish language specific benchmarks for foundational reading skills in all of South Africa’s official languages.

When campuses close: Using institutional data to unpack South African university students’ enrolment and performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

31st Aug 20221st Sep 2022Kim Ingle Nicola Branson & Emma Whitelaw

In this article, Nicola Branson and Emma Whitelaw showcase initial results of their study on the effect of COVID-19 closures on South African undergraduate students’ academic performance.

Building a robust evidence-based research community: Strengthening pathways for African researchers

27th Jul 202231st Aug 2022Kim Ingle

J-PAL Africa continuously reflects on what more they, as a research network, funder, trainer, and policy advisor, can be doing to support and amplify the voices of researchers based in the countries in which J-PAL Africa works.