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Students from the University of Johannesburg: finding jobs even for graduates is tough in South Africa. Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images

South Africa’s relief grant: how it can be used to help young people into jobs

Kate Orkin, University of Oxford; Ingrid Woolard, Stellenbosch University; Maya Goldman, University of Cape Town; Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town; Alice Cahill, University of Oxford; Aliya Chikte, University of Cape Town; Brynde Kreft, University of Oxford, and Desmond Fairall, University of Oxford

There’s a case to be made for combining cash grants and job-search assistance services.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s budget fell short on cost-cutting details. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

South Africa’s 2016 budget: long on promise but short on detail

Jannie Rossouw, University of the Witwatersrand; Ingrid Woolard, University of Cape Town, and Uma Kollamparambil, University of the Witwatersrand

The budget showed some sense of urgency but still fell short on implementation plans. There should have been more, particularly details on cost-cutting initiatives.
Unused cooling towers overlooking an informal settlement in Soweto. A new study suggests that poverty in South Africa is actually higher than the figures usually quoted. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

How current measures underestimate the level of poverty in South Africa

Joshua Budlender, University of Cape Town; Ingrid Woolard, University of Cape Town, and Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town

A review of South Africa’s methodology to measure poverty shows that 60% of people in the country are poor. This is way higher than the figures that are usually quoted.

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