The Silence of the Constitutionalists

In this brief, Matthew Kruger reflects on the suspension of democratic power and subordination of transformative goals during the last year of lockdown. After ...

The Social Relief of Distress - How Has Poverty Changed Between 2019 and the Second Quarter of 2021?

This brief presents a method for estimating poverty quarter by quarter and for assessing the impact of the Social Relief of Distress grant, including the ...

The Social Relief of Distress - How Well Did the Social Relief of Distress Grant Perform in January 2021?

The fourth wave of the National Income Dynamics Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey collected data for the month of January 2021, including information on ...

The Social Relief of Distress - Legal and Administrative Aspects of the Social Relief of Distress Grant

This brief gives an overview of the legal context relevant to the Social Relief of Distress grant and provides an initial analysis of its adequacy.

Hardly a week goes by without some fresh depressing news about the current state of the South African economy. The Reserve Bank has twice this year reduced ...

The Southern African Development Community I – Population

The Southern African Development Community is made up of sixteen countries and all countries on the continent with territory below five degrees south. The ...

The Southern African Development Community II – Economy: Levels, Growth, Structure, Income Distribution And Happiness

The Southern African Development Community is made up of sixteen countries and all countries on the continent with territory below five degrees south. The ...

The Southern African Development Community III – Education And Labour Market

The Southern African Development Community is made up of sixteen countries and all countries on the continent with territory below five degrees south. The ...

The World Inequality Lab's A Wealth Tax For South Africa - A Critique I - The Distribution Of Wealth

This Brief updates the HSF's 2018 series on wealth taxes by considering the World Inequality Lab’s A wealth tax for South Africa published in 2021.

The World Inequality Lab's A Wealth Tax For South Africa - A Critique II - The Proposal

The first Brief considered the estimation of the distribution of wealth in South Africa as set out in a companion paper to the wealth tax proposal from the ...