The Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced a 0.25 percentage point increase to the repo rate. The reason given was to mitigate the risk of rising inflation. This is callous and completely fails to comprehend the…
The Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced a 0.25 percentage point increase to the repo rate. The reason given was to mitigate the risk of rising inflation. This is callous and completely fails to comprehend the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
