SALDRU News

Using longitudinal data from the National Income Dynamics Study, the authors track individuals moving between historical Apartheid settlement types to determine if ‘exiting’ segregated spaces translates into wealth accumulation.

Associate Prof. De Lannoy contributed to high-level discussions in Doha on youth participation, youth unemployment, and strategies to support young people facing socio-economic exclusion.

J-PAL Africa’s African Scholars Program was born out of a need to address disparities in access to research funding, mentorship, training opportunities, and global academic networks that have limited African economics researchers.

After twenty-two months as Executive Director of SALDRU, Reza Daniels will be stepping down from the role. In this farewell message Reza reflects on the SALDRU's accomplishments and achievements over the period.

The Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) and Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) are pleased to invite you to the 2025 December Workshop on Frontiers in Applied Economics for Developing Countries.

The University of Cape Town invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship position funded through the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and National Research Foundation's (NRF) South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI).

SALDRU has entered into an exciting three-year collaboration with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) to support the next generation of African researchers working at the intersection of education and demography

The lead article this month highlights research being done within the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research, which interrogates measurement issues in multidimensional poverty frameworks in African countries.

Youth development actors of the National Pathway Management Network (NPMN) have launched the SA Youth Ecosystem Campaign to unite the diverse players in the youth development ecosystem. SALDRU leads sub-committee 2 of the NPMN.

SALDRU researchers in the South Africa node of the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) have developed a new course on the analysis of panel surveys.

Ariane De Lannoy and SALDRU’s Youth and Social Policy team co-hosted the Youth Month Webinar Series which was held by the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA) at the University of Johannesburg in June 2025.

SALDRU will be jointly hosting a strategic event with the National Business Initiative focused on building a Just Energy Transition (JET) through skills development, localisation, and labour market reform on the 31st of July.