Dr Carin Runciman, senior researcher at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change, spoke at a seminar aimed at unpacking the National Minimum Wage Bill, as well as the amendments to the Labour Relations Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. According to Dr Runciman, the amendments to the labour laws are the […]

Ms Hopolang Selebalo, senior researcher at the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute, and Fr Russell Pollitt, S.J, Director of the Jesuit Institute, were the main speakers at this Roundtable. Ms Hopolang’s analysis of the 2018 Budget focussed on whether the Budget has been articulated into a programme of action that uses the redistributive power […]

The first Roundtable of 2018  was addressed by three speakers: Adv Thuli Madonsela, former Public Protector and now Professor of Social Justice at Stellenbosch University; Mr John Jeffery, the Deputy-Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development; and Professor Pierre de Vos, Professor of Constitutional Governance at the University of Cape Town.

From the moment of conception, the developing child is vulnerable to the effects of substance abuse; poor maternal nutrition; poverty and inter-personal violence. These intersecting risks factors can be avoided with appropriate psycho-social and public health interventions. These issues were addressed at a Roundtable Discussion by Dr Lisanne du Plessis from the Division for Human […]