Videos

The National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) has been interviewing the same 28 000 people, and the people that they live with at the time, since 2008. In this video, some of the findings after five waves of NIDS are explored.

Wave 5 of the National Income Dynamics Study was launched recently at the StatsSA offices in Pretoria, and with the participation of the the SALDRU team that implements NIDS on behalf of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Watch SALDRU’s Murray Leibbrandt talk, in this newly released video, about a new UNU-WIDER/National Treasury project, Southern Africa - Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED). SA-TIED is a partnership between government and ...

Engaged scholarship is most applicable for dealing with racial, economic and geographic challenges, the HSRC's Crain Soudien told SALDRU on the side-lines of the SALDRU/ACEIR/GIZ conference on inequalities.

CGTN's Travers Andrews talked to Prof. Murray Leibbrandt about SALDRU's Income Comparison Tool that aims to help people better understand SA's inequality. "We're all part of this society. We all fit somewhere. I

In this video, we explore one of the impacts of early childhood health on later outcomes by looking at the impact of nutrition on educational outcomes, as measured in terms of school performance.

Research has established that there is even higher inequality in wealth than in income, Prof. Ingrid Woolard said at a symposium on "Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa”.

The rich matter a lot for overall inequality in South Africa, Prof. Martin Wittenberg said at a symposium on "Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa”, co-hosted by SALDRU and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung South Africa Office.

A staggering 60 out of 100 children that start school, drop out before reaching matric, Dr. Nicola Branson said at a symposium on "Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa”.

Marginalised neighbourhoods are poverty traps for youth, Ass. Prof. Malcolm Keswell said at a symposium on "Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa”, co-hosted by SALDRU and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung South Africa Office.

Close to 60% of youth live in income poverty today, Dr. Ariane De Lannoy said at a symposium on "Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa”, co-hosted by SALDRU and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung South Africa Office.

High levels of inequality limit economic growth and human development, Vimal Ranchhod said at a symposium on "Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa”, co-hosted by SALDRU and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung South Africa Office.

The American dream (that people can climb to the top) is just that - a dream, Ass. Prof. Patrizio Piraino said at a symposium on "Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa”.

The top 5% have flourished since the end of apartheid, SALDRU's director, Prof. Murray Leibbrandt said at a symposium on "Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa".

At a 2018 symposium on "Social Mobility and Inequality in South Africa”, co-hosted by SALDRU and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) South Africa Office, Markus Awater talked about FES’ commitment to social democracy and explained ...

South Africa’s inequality crisis is confounded by a skills shortage. But governments expansion of vocational training is missing the mark. SALDRU’s research finds that enrollment in vocational colleges is growing...

SALDRU’s founding director, Emeritus Professor Francis Wilson, talks about SALDRU’s birth in 1970's and the challenges of working on the question of inequality at the height of the apartheid era.

Radical Economic Transformation is a legitimate call, says SALDRU's Director, Murray Leibbrandt, in response to a question from the SABC.

Ass. Prof. Patrizio Piraino, SALDRU Research Associate and researcher in the NOPOOR project, speaks about new scientific evidence on the educational system in South Africa and the resulting policy recommendations.