AIDC Board Members Join AMCU Commemoration of Marikana Massacre On the 16th of August, 2021 the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), held a commemoration of the Marikana Massacre. Among the many participating in the commemoration were AIDC board…
Basic Income Grant Concerns Expose South Africa’s Developmental Dead End Jaco Oelofsen | AIDC Staff Blog | 16 August, 2021 Response to “MAMOKETE LIJANE: Income grant looks doable now, but what about when mining loses its shine?” In a recent…
AIDC Submission to Constitutional Court in the Appeal of Labour Appeals Court’s Public Sector Wages Judgement Alternative Information and Development Centre | Press Release | 12 August 2021 AIDC’s written submission to the Constitutional Court in the appeal against the…
What can be done now to ameliorate poverty, unemployment and inequality? Bruce Baigrie, Maxine Bezuidenhout, Jonathan Cannard, Jaco Oelofson, Jeff Rudin and Keamogetswe Seipato* | Daily Maverick |29 July 2021 *The authors work at the Alternative Information & Development Centre Suggestions…
AIDC application to Constitutional Court to challenge reneging of the final year of the public sector wage agreement Press Release | AIDC| 3 August 2021 The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) has applied to the Constitutional Court to be…
Seven tragic days in July: Trying to make (some) sense of South Africa by hearing old themes with new(er) clarity Jeff Rudin | DailyMaverick | 20 July 2021 The untold tragedies of our days in July 2021 urge us to continue…
A Wasted Opportunity: Little to Celebrate in OECD Tax Deal Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) | STATEMENT | 05 July, 2021 At the OECD’s Inclusive Framework meeting last week, 130 countries, including South Africa, put their support behind the OECD’s…
Youth Day Commemoration 2021 Co-hosted by Africa Unite, Alternative Information & Development Centre (AIDC), Commercial Stevedoring Agriculture and Allied Workers Union (CSAAWU), South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) – Cape Metro Region – Back2Work Campaign and Trust Community Outreach and…
What Is Austerity? [Parts 1 + 2] Part 1 Austerity measures aim to reduce public expenditure through spending cuts and tax increases. These cuts and increases are designed to help governments meet their obligations to pay back loans. Austerity measures…
US Support for TRIPS Waiver: Good, But Not Good Enough Peoples Vaccine Campaign | Statement | 07 May, 2021 The Peoples Vaccine Campaign [PVC] of South Africa welcomes the US government’s support for a waiver of provisions of the World Trade Organisation’s…
