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Price increases over the past year mean a basket of essential food items for a person receiving the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant is unaffordable.

The Institute for Economic Justice and the Applied Development Research Solutions recently found that the introduction of a wealth tax and social welfare tax could help fund the basic income grant.

The study found that a tax on the country’s top income earners could help alleviate poverty and subsequently boost the economy.

Lawyers for Human Rights launches a report on immigration detention in South Africa and the nation commemorates the Day of Reconciliation.

How backward are our thought processes in our unprovoked desire to please the West on an elusive Just Energy Transition funding. At no point in history has the West kept its development funding promise, says the author.

The Six Pillar Policy is what should be debated by parliament

A universal basic income will enhance the economy by enabling more money to circulate among people

The Covid pandemic has greatly exacerbated existing poverty and unemployment in South Africa. What are the best policies to alleviate it? Targeted social grants may aim to reach the poorest of the poor but there are many inefficiencies in the targeting method. A Universal Basic Income Guarantee is more costly, yet simpler to implement, will reach those in need more quickly, and is financially feasible. The Covid Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is set to end in March 2022, and with it, the ...

In this article, we at the Institute for Economic Justice respond to three aspects of criticisms made by Intellidex on inter alia the IEJ’s work, showing how the Intellidex report misrepresents the work of the IEJ, contains mistakes of its own and fails to live up to the standard it sets for...

Has tenderpreneurship spirit swallowed the space of scientific innovation? By Opinion Pali Lehohla PROFESSOR Leonhard Mehlber, a renowned neurosurgeon, is no more. I had the privilege of meeting him only once on a Zoom platform last month where we agreed on a face-to-face meeting shortly. Sadly, that will now no longer happen. The surprise meeting came about through Thami Mtshali, a chemical engineer by profession and director of Galela, where for the past five years Mehlber was a member of the...