Widespread media attention has been devoted to the payment system for social grants following the end of the current service provider contract on 31 March ...

This Brief is the first of a series tackling the question; what is the state doing for the poor?

This Brief is the second of a series tackling the question; what is the State doing for the poor?

This Brief is a continuation of a series which addresses the question; what is the State doing for the poor? It looks at the Expanded Public Works Programme by ...

This Brief serves as a continuation of a series which addresses the question; what is the State doing for the poor? It looks at the Expanded Public Works ...

This brief deals with marital surname changes of women

In this brief, Matthew Kruger considers the majority judgment of the Chief Justice in the recent Tshwane street-naming case. Whilst acknowledging that ...

Who Are The Hungry Children? And How Far Can Increases In Social Grants Help Them? Evidence From The 2019 General Household Survey.

Hunger, and particularly child hunger, have been discussed recently as a justification for extending the social grant system. This brief probes the ...

Who decides on Vaccine Mandates?

This brief reviews the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of America in National Federation of Independent Business et al v Department of ...

Whom The Gods Would Destroy They First Make Mad

How to achieve redistribution with growth in a period of economic decline is difficult and the beginning of wisdom is to avoid actions which make things worse ...