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 supplementation of the caregiver/child support grant.
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 applications for the SRD grant and receipts of it. This brief considers information from it, along with data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2021, in an attempt to answer these questions.
Household Income and Household Hunger
The preceding two briefs in this series considered the measurement of hunger at the household and personal levels in the 2019 General Household Survey and the five waves of the NIDS-CRAM survey conducted between April 2020 and March 2021. This brief develops the analysis by discussing the relationship between household income per capita, poverty and measures of hunger.
Do We Have an Adequate Measure of Hunger in South Africa? II - The National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey
The relief of hunger is often cited as a reason for the introduction of the Social Relief of Distress grant. This brief probes the extent of hunger in South Africa and whether our data available on hunger is coherent and complete, with a focus on National Income Dynamics Study’s Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey.
Do We Have an Adequate Measure of Hunger in South Africa? I - the General Household Survey
The relief of hunger is often cited as a reason for the introduction of the Social Relief of Distress grant. This brief probes the extent of hunger in South Africa and whether our data available on hunger is coherent and complete, with a focus on the 2019 General Household Survey.
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.
The Local Elections Government 2021: The Lighter (Or Larger) Side
This brief discusses the 2021 Local Government Elections.
The prospects of legal challenges to the 2021 local government elections
This brief considers the prospects of a successful legal challenge to the 2021 local government elections. It does so by drawing insights from the Constitutional Court’s recent judgment dismissing an application for the postponement of the elections.