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As Covid-19 ravaged the country, the glaring holes in the country’s healthcare system were severely exposed. The systematic gutting of the sector via austerity has left the country ill-prepared for the crisis, watch as Alex Mashilo of the South African Communist Party explains.

As South Africa experiences severe budget cuts, many are criticising the government for its “austerity”. But what is it and why is it bad?
In this short clip Busi Sibeko of the IEJ and Zwelinzima Vavi of SAFTU help explain it

Call on Parliament to Reject the 2021 Budget The 2021 Budget proposes real cuts to spending on socio-economic rights. This will have severe consequences in a time of unprecedented suffering and has to be challenged. If Parliament approves this Budget…

Mboweni’s DA budget: finance minister and ANC government turn against their own people Joint Statement on 2021 Budget | 25 February, 2021 While Tito Mboweni delivered the government’s budget speech, movements took to the streets across the country, voicing our…

The unemployment figures are even worse than they appear to be Alternative Information and Development Centre Statement, 24 February Ahead of the 2021 Budget Speech, the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) figures released by Stats SA paint a gloomy…

The Unemployed Masses Demand a Basic Income Grant Now Statement by the Assembly of the Unemployed | 23 February 2021 As Tito Mboweni prepares to deliver his 2021 Budget Speech, South Africa is in a deep state of crisis. Our…

Towards a Wealth Tax for South Africa: A 2 Part Webinar Series 18 + 22 February 202114:00 – 16:00Zoom Registration: https://cutt.ly/Dkn704z  Join us on the 18th and 22nd of February as we host an exciting two-part webinar series on taxation and inequality in South…

The great wealth tax debate: How to fund a constitutional state Tim Cohen writes that it would be both unfair and counterproductive to introduce “a wealth tax”. He quotes Judge Dennis Davis saying “while a wealth tax would add to the legitimacy…

SARBs failure to reduce the interest rate in a time of crisis must not go unchallenged Statement by the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) 22 January, 2021 It is a disgrace that the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) failed…

Christmas Shootings accused before Mbizana Court on 19 January for the tenth time after nine ‘postponements’ Amadiba Crisis Committee | 18 January, 2020 Tomorrow at 9.00AM, the five accused of the 2015 ‘Christmas Shootings’ in Mdatya village on Amadiba will…

TOWARDS A PEOPLE’S VACCINE CAMPAIGN – A CALL TO ACTION C19 Peoples Coalition | Call to Action As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc in South Africa and across the globe, millions are dying and getting infected. Inoculating (vaccinating) a significant…

Farewell To Karl Cloete – Former NUMSA DG Unathi Vimbani | Amandla Online | January 2020 The gigantic leader of the workers and working class has left the office. Cde Karl Cloete resigned from his position of being Deputy General…

The ‘market’ won’t save us from climate disaster. We must rethink our system Robert S Devine | The Guardian Online | 19 November The massive wildfires that have been rampaging across the American west this year are not purely natural…

Fighting Tax Evasion and Profit Shifting in South Africa On the 24th of November, the Alternative Information & Development Centre hosted a Webinar on Fighting Tax Evasion and Profit Shifting in South Africa with Krister Janse van Rensburg of the Association of…

Death Threats to Activists Show Need to Protect Mining Affected Communities Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) Statement, 18 November As the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) we, along with our partner organisations, are disgusted at the continuing death…

Real Unemployment Rate of 43% shows need for a  Basic Income Grant and a Massive Public Jobs Programme AIDC Statement | 12 November 2020 Stats SA’s release of the Quarter 3 unemployment statistics showing that ‘real’ unemployment has risen to…

Hamba Kahle Comrade Sibusiso Mqadi, Hamba Kahle AIDC and AoU Statement | November 2020 On the morning of the 8th of November, we awoke to the devastating news that our dear comrade Sibusiso Mqadi, Chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee…

Join us for a Webinar on Fighting Tax Evasion and Profit Shifting in South Africa with Joseph Mathunjwa of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union( AMCU), Seeraj Mohammed (enonomist), and Sunita Manik South African Revenue Service (SARS) 24 November 2020…

Government an obstacle in SARS’ fight against illicit financial flows, base erosion and profit shifting AIDC |Statement | 05 November South Africa’s debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to spike above eighty percent before the end of 2020. At the same time,…

Adding insult to injury: What the poor and working class think about Tito Mboweni’s mini budget Siya Mama and Khokhoma Motsi | Daily Maverick | 4 November 2020 As we – the Assembly of the Unemployed and our comrades in the Cry of the…

MTBPS: End budget cuts, stop the bleeding – and crack down on illicit financial flows Jaco Oelofsen and Dominic Brown |DailyMaverick | 28 October 2020 South Africa has one of the most corrupt private sectors in the world. This has a…

Cry of the Xcluded Anti-Budget Cuts Media Briefing on MTBPS

The Cry of the Xcluded Rejects Potential Budget Cuts in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement! Press Statement | Cry of the Xcluded | 26 October, 2020 The Cry of the Xcluded,  growing movement including formations of the unemployed in the…

 Presidents economic recovery plan – a small carrot and a big stick  AIDC Statement | 16 October 2020 The President’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan will not lead to reconstruction or recovery. Instead, it will lead to even greater social…