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The latest turmoil at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) should deeply concern every public servant in South Africa.

This study provides the first bottom-up estimate of the corporate tax gap for South Africa. The tax gap is the difference between what firms actually reported and what they should have paid in the absence of any misreporting.

The AIDC welcomes the Court’s emphasis on Section 24 of the Constitution and its interpretation of the interplay between environmental protection and development.

This discussion paper argues that South Africa’s current green industrial policy is too narrow and unambitious to deal with the unemployment and climate crises. It proposes a radical, needs-based approach to industrial policy, and an end to austerity.

AIDC calls for a needs-based green industrialisation strategy to simultaneously overcome mass unemployment and climate change.

Twenty-four young activists came together from over eight organisations across four provinces, united by a shared commitment to understanding and ultimately transforming the conditions that shape their communities.

The National Treasury’s decision to withhold July 2026 equitable share transfers from 69 municipalities is a false solution that punishes the poor while failing to address systemic financial problems.

“The normalisation of anti-immigrant, afrophobia, xenophobia is a genie you cannot put back in the bottle,” Professor Noor Nieftagodien.

Community organisations and advocates convened in the North West to strategise on protecting land rights amid ongoing threats of mining expansion.

Human rights are not negotiable. Corporate accountability must be binding. The time for the UN Binding Treaty is now.

The People Against Budget Cuts (PABC) argues that the 2026 Budget is fiscally regressive, prioritising tax breaks for the wealthy and elite while failing to address structural poverty and unemployment.

This briefing critiques GAIN for being constrained by a fiscal framework that neglects the importance of public investment in enhancing state capacity and service delivery.

AIDC is gravely concerned at the spread of Afrophobic and xenophobic sentiment gripping large parts of South African society.

Current tax policy in South Africa creates a significant disparity that reinforces inequality.

The Alternative Information & Development Centre (AIDC) submitted a comment to the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on the Reviewed White Paper on Local Government. 

Across the country, communities are organising against budget cuts, privatisation, unemployment, and the erosion of public services.

All workers deserve decent work and protection under labour laws. 

AIDC remains committed to building a democratic counterpower capable of confronting austerity, extractivism, and inequality.

Last week, we co-hosted a three-day 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 with the Transnational Institute and EthicsLab.

The Model Law for the Right to Say No is a transformative legal framework that seeks to fundamentally shift the balance of power from extractive industries and complicit state actors back to the people.

Today, we concluded an insightful two-day annual #RightToSayNo workshop, attended by over 50 activists representing mining-affected communities from various regions across the country.

The Alternative Information & Development Centre (AIDC) argues that the proposed fiscal framework for the 2026 Budget may worsen poverty and unemployment in South Africa, which is the most unequal country in the world.

The Budget 2026 Explainer Series aims to break down the key decisions in this year’s budget in clear and accessible language. This series unpacks what the budget really means for workers, unemployed people, women, communities, and public services.

On Budget Day 2026, hundreds of people gathered outside Parliament to demand a change in South Africa’s priorities.