On February 14th, independent activists, economists, and representatives from trade unions, social movements, civil society, and academic and government institutions met for a two-day conference on public debt and austerity. This conference was hosted in Cape Town ahead of the…
In the face of formidable obstacles, our commitment to fostering popular resistance and advocating for alternatives towards a Just Transition has remained steadfast. As we present our 2023 Annual Report, it becomes evident that despite the myriad challenges encountered, significant…
The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) has submitted a written commentary and critique on the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals of the 2024 Budget Speech to the Select and Standing Committees on Finance. The primary objective of this submission…
The Transnational Institute in collaboration with the Trade Unions for Energy Democracy has published a report aimed at challenging six harmful but influential energy transition myths used to persuade us that the private sector, free markets, cheaper prices and decentralisation…
A realistic but profound vision for financing a public pathway to an energy transition capable of addressing energy poverty and climate protection needs to be developed. What is clear and well elaborated in the framing document, is that a neoliberal…
Illicit financial flows and base erosion profit shifting (IFFs and BEPS) have been called the ‘Achilles’ Heel’ of transnational corporations, because they present a vulnerability through which the architecture of corporate impunity can be tackled. Through both the interrogation of the…
Since 2019, AMCU has been embroiled in a legal battle with Samancor Chrome, the second-largest chrome company in the world. In this case, a whistleblower has alleged that certain directors shifted billions of Rand from the company into overseas tax…
On Wednesday, 26th of October 2022, Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana will be tabling the 2022 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament. As the Alternative Information and Development Centre, we continue to challenge the government’s austerity agenda which has…
The National Right to Say No campaign is excited to share a short information pamphlet that speaks to what the Right to Say No campaign is, the demands being made by communities affected by extractivism and who can say no.…
RIGHT2WORK – GOVERNMENT MUST EMPLOY EVERYONE WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK According to the expanded definition of unemployment released in the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey by Statistics SA, 12.48 million people are now unemployed. This is a staggering figure,…
