SALDRU News – Page 2 – SALDRU

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 202224th Apr 2023Kim 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.

ACEIR delegation attends a Strategic Planning Workshop in Ghana

30th Jun 202230th Jun 2022Kim Ingle

A group of Saldrupians attended a strategic planning workshop for the African Centre of Excellence for Inequalities Research (ACEIR), which was held just outside of Accra.

Basic Package of Support opens its second pilot site

30th Jun 20221st Dec 2022Kim Ingle

The BPS team has just opened the doors of its second pilot site in Orange Farm, Gauteng.

Profile of young NEETs in South Africa

30th Jun 202230th Jun 2022Kim Ingle Gibson Mudiriza and Ariane de Lannoy

This article provides an overview of the profile of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) in South Africa.

Youth Month 2022: the importance of recognizing young people’s resilience in their search for opportunities

30th Jun 202230th Jun 2022Kim Ingle

This article argues that some statements regarding youth who are unemployed or Not in Employment, Education and Training (NEET) are overly simplifying the position of young people, and fail to recognise the endless attempts of many of these young people to reconnect to either the education system or the labour market.

Basic Package of Support programme gathers first set of data on beneficiaries and gears up for the next pilot sites

31st May 20221st Dec 2022Kim Ingle

The first Basic Package of Support pilot site in Atlantis, Western Cape, opened its doors in the second half of January 2022. In less than three months, 132 young people have enrolled for this innovative youth coaching and support programme. Of these, 109 are eligible for the programme.