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Engaging Discussion at Social Cohesion and Inequality Workshop

27th Feb 201828th Apr 2021Fazila Farouk

UCT’s Poverty and Inequality Initiative co-hosted a social cohesion and inequality workshop with the French Development Agency and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation on 8 February 2018 in Philippi Village. A Panel of experts led an engaging discussion.

South Africa’s Youth Need a Basic Package of Support

26th Feb 201829th Jun 2020Fazila Farouk

As issues affecting our youth take centre stage under the Ramaphosa presidency, SALDRU is pleased to highlight our research in this area, including a proposal for a basic package of support for SA's youth developed with our partners.

Understanding Local Level Realities of Young South Africans as Part of Not Leaving Them Behind

26th Feb 201813th Dec 2020Fazila Farouk

The South African state's new focus on youth should see one million young people placed in paid internships or new job opportunities. But, SALDRU’s research finds that a thorough understanding local area dynamics is needed to ensure that no one is left behind.

New SALDRU Working Papers Focus on Social Cohesion and Inequality in South Africa

31st Jan 201826th Feb 2020Fazila Farouk

For the last year and a half some of SALDRU’s researchers have been working as part of a partnership between researchers from the

Study: How Does Affirmative Action Affect Admissions at UCT?

25th Jan 201831st Aug 2022Fazila Farouk

SALDRU researchers, Andrew Kerr, Vimal Ranchhod an Patrizio Piraino have conducted a study to estimate the extent and targeting of affirmative action in

SALDRU Welcomes Former Treasury DDG, Andrew Donaldson

15th Dec 201731st Mar 2021Fazila Farouk

SALDRU welcomes Andrew Donaldson, former Deputy Director General at the National Treasury, who joins us on a part-time basis as a senior researcher.

What Does Current Research Reveal about Income Inequality in South Africa?

30th Nov 201725th Jan 2018Fazila Farouk

In general, the prognosis for reducing income inequality in South Africa is poor, participants at a workshop hosted by REDI3x3 on 13 November 2017 discovered.

New SALDRU Research Quantifies Impact of Apartheid Era Racial Classification on Wages

29th Oct 201726th Feb 2020Fazila Farouk

One’s racial classification dominated all aspects of one’s life in apartheid South Africa. In a ground-breaking study, SALDRU’s Vimal Ranchhod attempts to quantify the impact of racial classification on people’s incomes.

SA and Southern African Region have Worst Income Inequality, Murray Leibbrandt Tells LSE’s Atlantic Fellows

29th Sep 201728th Oct 2022Fazila Farouk

South Africans live in a society that reproduces itself in such a way that an enormous share of the country’s income accrues to the best-off 10% of the population, Murray Leibbrandt told Atlantic Fellows on a tour of Khayelitsha.

SA and Southern African Region have Worst Income Inequality, Murray Leibbrandt Tells LSE’s Atlantic Fellows

28th Sep 201730th Sep 2021Fazila Farouk By Fazila Farouk

Atlantic Fellows who are part of a new global programme grappling with the challenge of inequality visited Khayelitsha on Tuesday, 19 September, as part of an “immersion week” in Cape Town. Whilst there, they listened to SALDRU’s Murray Leibbrandt talk about inequality in South Africa (SA) and the region.