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The 2020 Budget, COVID-19 and the challenges ahead

1st Apr 202030th Jun 2021Kim Ingle Andrew Donaldson

Following another year of sluggish growth and revenue under-performance, Minister Mboweni’s 2020 budget had to achieve a near-impossible balance between fiscal consolidation and support for economic recovery. The world has changed and both monetary and fiscal policies at the national level will have to adapt to the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic impact of the lockdown.

Measuring the economic benefits of Whiteness during apartheid

26th Feb 202027th Feb 2020Kim Ingle

In a new SALDRU working paper, Prof. Vimal Ranchhod and Dr Miquel Pellicer estimate the economic returns to Race during apartheid. Using multiple Censuses, and a change in the racial classification process for statistical identification, they estimate the effects of being classified as White, as compared to being Coloured, on educational attainment, employment, and income.

How can we act on inequalities in South Africa?

26th Feb 202028th Apr 2021Kim Ingle

The question of what strategies and interventions can help to address the situation illuminated by the November 2019 Inequality Trends in South Africa report was tackled at a multi-sectoral stakeholder engagement hosted by SALDRU, Statistics South Africa and the Agence Franciase de Developpement (AFD) under the banner of ACEIR.

Turning Africa’s divided past into a cohesive future

26th Feb 202027th Feb 2020Kim Ingle

A new book, From 'Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures: Reflections on Africa', edited by SALDRU affiliate Prof. Hiroyuki Hino and Prof. Arnim Langer, Prof. John Lonsdale and Prof. Frances Stewart. The book was launched this month at a colloquium hosted jointly by SALDRU, UCT’s Poverty & Inequality Initiative and the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) who funded the work.

Basic Package of Support report: Programme intervention and policy recommendations

29th Jan 202031st May 2022Kim Ingle

In December 2019, the Basic Package of Support (BPS) research consortium released its final report aimed at conceptualising and testing a programmatic model to support South Africa’s young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). The report is accompanied by a series of background reports and working papers.

SALDRU project to improve HIV treatment outcomes in South Africa

27th Nov 201931st Aug 2021Kim Ingle

In November 2019, a SALDRU-led research team began a project to develop and test a gender-tailored counselling tool to increase demand for rapid HIV treatment uptake and early retention in care among South African men living with HIV.

SALDRU study on funding in Higher Education in South Africa

29th Oct 201927th Nov 2019Kim Ingle

In April of 2019, SALDRU began a two-year project focussed on higher education funding in South Africa. The study, which was commissioned by Universities South Africa (USAf) and funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), involves research to determine the full financial cost of producing graduates at each of South Africa’s twenty-six public universities. The broader purpose of the study is to assist in determining an appropriate level of funding for the university sector in South Africa.

Surveying Young Workseekers in South Africa

27th Sep 201928th Sep 2022Kim Ingle

The J-PAL Africa research team has conducted several randomised evaluations in South Africa using in-house data collection, and has surveyed over 10,000 urban-based young people between the ages of 18-34. The team has written a short guide to share best practices drawing from a number of labour market studies conducted in Johannesburg.

Supporting NEET youth: Experiences from the European Union

23rd Sep 201930th Jan 2022Kim Ingle

Young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) attract increasing research and policy attention across the world, including in South Africa. Since 2013, all countries in the European Union (EU) have started to design and implement a “Youth Guarantee” (YG) programme that aims to support young people in making successful transitions through education and into the labour market.

Who are the young people that the BPS is designed for?

19th Sep 201930th Jun 2022Kim Ingle

A critical step in the Basic Package of Support (BPS) research process has been the analysis of data that provide a more nuanced understanding of South Africa’s young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). This helped to define the target group for a BPS and, in turn, assisted the identification of the most appropriate components for the proposed programme. The data analysis shows that South Africa’s NEET youth population is a heterogeneous group that is faced with multiple, intertwined, individual and household-level challenges.