
Civil society supports African treaty on business and human rights
Last week, civil society organisations hosted the 7th African Regional Indaba on the United Nations binding treaty on business and human rights.

2025/26 Budget Statement: Budget 3.0 continues the anti-poor direction of the’ Government of National Unity’
We are concerned that very little is mentioned about how to address the problem of mass unemployment.

People Against Budget Cuts held a press conference denouncing austerity measures
Cutting budgets for critical services only deepens inequality and punishes working families while failing to address the root causes of economic instability.

Joint Statement: Rejection of the VAT Hike Should Not Deepen Budget Cuts
Replacing a VAT increase with budget cuts is not a victory for unemployed and working-class South Africans but a defeat.

AIDC Submission to Parliament on the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals
The economic outlook should prioritise overcoming poverty, unemployment and inequality, rather than focusing on debt stabilisation as the primary goal.

STATEMENT: AIDC CALLS FOR THE REJECTION OF THE 2025/26 BUDGET
The government is captured. The poor are left to fend for themselves in a dog-eat-dog world.

People Against Budget Cuts to host a Speakout outside Parliament
People Against Budget Cuts to host a Speakout outside Parliament on Wednesday, 12 March 2025.

The Amadiba Crisis Committee and the new N2 Highway: Advocating for an Alternative Inland Route for the N2 Wild Coast Toll Highway in Eastern Cape
ACC’s proposal for an Alternative Inland Route for the N2 highway is a call for a balanced approach to development—one that values both progress and preservation.

The Government Employees Pension Fund should be utilised to counter austerity measures
The Public Investment Corporation and Financing a Just Energy Transition.

The People’s Budget Assembly: A call to end austerity and create a just future for everyone
The People Against Budget Cuts, a coalition of civil society organisations, trade unions, and community groups, calls on the government to rethink its budget allocations and ensure that economic policies work for the people, not just the rich.

The R200 Billion Tax Opportunity Treasury Can’t Ignore
The Alternative Information and Development Centres (AIDC) research estimates the significant fiscal implications of over-inflating personal income tax brackets in South Africa. It argues that while intended to prevent “bracket creep,” this policy has inadvertently cost the national treasury R170-R198…

Demand an end to government’s austerity measures – Austerity is a political choice! ✊🏾
Join the People’s Assembly and demonstrations on the 18th and 19th February 2025.

The Controversy of Green Energy: Unmasking Southern Africa’s Critical Mineral Sacrifice Zones
This report covers six southern African countries deeply impacted by critical mineral extraction.

Maps Are Now Our Spears: Launch of New Participatory Digital Counter-Maps of Xolobeni
Counter-mapping is used worldwide by marginalised, often indigenous populations to contest top-down, extractive-oriented development plans and to showcase grassroots/community-led alternatives.

AIDC submission on the 2024 Revised Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals
The AIDC submission addresses the National Treasury’s fiscal policies, including the disproportionate weighting placed on debt-to-GDP as opposed to targeting reductions in poverty, inequality and unemployment.

AIDC statement on the 2024 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
Austerity is unfolding with the increased privatisation of the South African economy through Operation Vulindlela.

Austerity is a Feminist Issue Report
A feminist future requires fiscal and monetary policies that are determined by and serve the well-being of all people, not just the powerful few.

Stop Budget Cuts: Defend our basic services!
A coalition of trade unions, social movements, and progressive movements will march together in unity against government budget cuts.

Illicit Financial Flows: Four South African Case Studies and what they tell us
These case studies show how profits are “shifted” within company groups through creative accounting tricks such as the use of
sales commissions, management fees, and loans between different branches of the same company structure.

Submission: Draft Global Minimum Tax Bill
The AIDC, in partnership with the Institute for Economic Justice, supported by the #StopTheBleeding campaign and the Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA), submitted comments on South Africa’s Draft Global Minimum Tax Bill to the Finance Standing Committee.

Anti-Austerity Forum Solidarity statement: Apartheid in Palestine and South Africa
Our fight against austerity at home is intertwined with our fight against the genocide in Gaza, as both are manifestations of a global system that values profit and power over human dignity and life.

AIDC Political Economy Working Group: Austerity and the crisis of social reproduction
Addressing the harms of austerity becomes increasingly tenuous under the Government of National Unity.

Amandla! Forums: Shaping the future of public discourse
Amandla! Media to host a series of public forums.