
Gender and the time-squeeze: childcare versus work-hours in South Africa during lockdown
In this article, Amy Thornton describes how she and Jacqueline Mosomi showed that the shock in demand for at-home childcare triggered by the Covid-19 lockdowns affected women’s paid work hours more negatively than men’s.
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SALDRU launches interactive online platform The Community Explorer
Effective community-level development requires granular insights into well-being disparities. The Community Explorer is an interactive online platform designed to map, analyse, and visualise community-level well-being data in South Africa
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Tracking impact: The Basic Package of Support launches its first tracer study
The Basic Package of Support (BPS), designed as an integrated, youth-responsive intervention to tackle the various barriers faced by young people, has just launched its first tracer study.
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Dialogue on tackling inequality for sustainable growth and poverty reduction in Africa
A day before SALDRU’s South Africa at 30 Years of Democracy opened, a policy dialogue on the intricate relationship between inequality, poverty, and economic growth policies served as a prelude to the conference that followed.
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SALDRU researchers’ panels at the SA@30 conference on health, labour, social protection and higher education
The South Africa at 30 years of democracy conference took place at the beginning of April. As part of the programme, SALDRU researchers chaired or organised panel sessions reflecting on the development of key policy areas from 1994 to now.
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A reflection on the South Africa at 30 Years of Democracy conference
In this article SALDRU Director Reza Daniels provides a summary and reflection of the discussions that took place over the the three days of engagements on a range of important policy questions.
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Siyaphambili interactive website
An interactive website to track and monitor qualification attainment and related information in South Africa.
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OpenSALDRU
The SALDRU repository contains publications from research conducted within the research unit. Select a collection to browse its contents.
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