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

An Exploration of South Africa's Ongoing Encounter with Xenophobia and the 'Other'

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

A considered view into the rights of persons in the context of South African common law over the last century, with emphasis placed on women's rights under the ...

The recent judgment of the Constitutional Court (CC) in the matter of South African Police Service v Solidarity obo Barnard [2014] ZACC 23 is noteworthy, not ...

The facts about income distribution in South Africa were set out in a previous brief. Here the focus will be on ways to think about it. Five guidelines are ...

To the lay mind, wealth and income often mean more or less the same thing. For economists, the terms are distinct. Wealth is the sum of all your assets less ...

The first 2014 Roundtable on Equity and Redress took place on February 6th. The event was chaired by the director of the Helen Suzman Foundation, Francis ...

This brief provides a summary of the HSF’s recent roundtable on the National Development Plan.