Government published its latest poverty trends update in December 2025. This third edition of the country’s official standard of living profile conceals more than it reveals about the misery engulfing Continue Reading →
21 Young lives were destroyed on the altar of unashamed capitalist greed. A combination of a failed education system and a youth jobless crisis provided the motive forces behind this Continue Reading →
South Africa has had at least two decades of heated arguments between proponents and opponents of a basic income grant. Most recently, particularly since 2020, trade unions, social movements and Continue Reading →
South Africa’s most recent national population census, conducted during February – March 2022 was preceded by one last held in 2011. According to Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) the data collected Continue Reading →
Anti-austerity budget protests climaxed once again when the finance minister, Mr Enoch Godongwana, delivered his 2022/23 budget statement to cheering members of parliament. Minister Godongwana’s budget, in step with the Continue Reading →