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. SALDRU News
The role of digital identification and payments in supporting resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic 26th Oct 202031st Mar 2021Kim 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. SALDRU News
The South African labour market during COVID-19 30th Sep 202028th Jul 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. SALDRU News
Siyaphambili: A Stronger South African Nation Website 30th Aug 202030th Mar 2022Kim 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. SALDRU News
Siyaphambili awarded a Spencer Foundation Research Grant 30th Aug 202028th Oct 2021Kim Ingle The Siyaphambili research group has been awarded a research grant by the Spencer Foundation to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis on inequalities in the South African tertiary education sector. As an introductory analysis to the data on university and college students’ access to remote learning resources across local municipalities, the researchers construct a remote learning indicator based on the municipality that students are from. SALDRU News
National Planning Commission endorsement for SALDRU-led youth support initiative 29th Jul 202028th Jan 2021Kim Ingle The Basic Package of Support (BPS) for South Africa’s youth – a youth development initiative to support young people who are not in employment, education or training – has received a formal endorsement from the National Planning Commission. SALDRU News
Release of NIDS-CRAM Wave 1 data 29th Jul 202028th Jul 2021Kim Ingle On the 15th of July 2020, the CRAM study released the data for Wave 1 of the National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM). SALDRU was commissioned to implement the survey. SALDRU News
Spatial inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: recent evidence 28th Jun 202030th Mar 2022Kim Ingle SALDRU researchers are working on an African Centre of Excellence for Inequalities Research (ACEIR) project aiming to examine patterns of spatial and national inequalities in SSA using comparable data from the various Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs). SALDRU News
HSRC, SALDRU and UNICEF join forces to understand the impact of COVID-19 on young people in South Africa 27th May 202030th Nov 2021Kim Ingle The current COVID-19 health crisis and lockdown will have large, additional negative effects on the social and economic situation of youth. To gain a better understanding of what those effects will be, SALDRU has partnered with UNICEF to design and distribute a survey via the UNICEF U-report platform. This month, the multi-partner team joins forces with the HSRC. SALDRU News
Saldrupians receive Cape Higher Education Consortium Grant 27th May 202027th May 2020Kim Ingle Associate Prof. Ariane De Lannoy has been awarded a Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC) / Western Cape Government (WCG) grant to further her work on education and career guidance interventions in South Africa. SALDRU News