Austerity is not just a short-term inconvenience; it has lasting consequences for gender equality.
Austerity is a feminist issue in South Africa
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Basic Income Grant
For a Basic Income Grant and against austerity
The calls for a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) by academics, trade unions, and popular movements, such as the Universal Basic Income Coalition (UBIC) are mounting. There is growing local and international evidence that cash transfers can address some of the...
Fear-mongering critique of BIG research based on misinformation
A recent article on Basic Income Grant pathway scenarios criticises the IEJ-ADRS research on the matter, but intentionally exaggerates the cost and funding strategy. Read here.
Working Class Summit: possibilities and challenges after the national shutdown
THE NATIONAL SHUTDOWN OF 24th August 2022 highlighted the potential of the Working Class Summit (WCS) to mobilise trade unions and community movements behind a campaign against the multiple attacks on the lives of the poor majority. In this sense, it built on the...
EXPERIENCES OF THE UNEMPLOYED!
AMANDLA! INTERVIEWED MEMBERS OF THE BOTSHABELO UNEMPLOYED MOVEMENT (BUM) ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AS UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAD TO SAY. Unemployment and jobs Amandla asked them about their experience of unemployment and looking for jobs....
South Africa: Public Sector Strike Highlights Post-Apartheid’s Contradictions
By Patrick BondAugust 22, 2010 - The two major civil service unions on strike against the South African government have vowed to intensify pressure in coming days, in a struggle pitting more than a million members of the middle and lower ranks of society against a...