The working poor in South Africa, 1997-2012
- Authors: Rogan, Michael , Reynolds, John
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Income distribution -- South Africa Working poor -- South Africa Income -- South Africa South Africa -- Social policy Public welfare -- South Africa Grants-in-aid -- South Africa Household surveys -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/3115 , vital:20370 , ISBN 9780868106069
- Description: Despite the intentions of government and commitments by its social partners, South Africa continues to experience one of the highest levels of income inequality in the world and almost half of its households live below the minimum living level used by the National Planning Commission. Persistent calls for deregulation and lower wages to encourage job creation have been countered by arguments that the depth of income poverty and the extent of income inequality require consolidation and deepening of gains made by working people since 1994 and as expected in terms of international commitment to the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO’s) Decent Work Agenda. It is in this context that we undertake a closer examination of the shifts in the patterns of working poverty over the period 1997-2012. Challenges in calculating the rate of working poverty include defining the poverty line(s) to be used, and linking data on household incomes and individual employment status. We analyse data collected by Statistics South Africa through its October Household Surveys in 1997-1999 and General Household Surveys in 2004-2012, to examine trends in the rates of working poverty at various poverty lines, as well as trends in respect of employment amongst the poor, the depth of poverty, sources of income, and selected aspects of household composition. Our analysis shows that although the rate of working poverty decreased during the period under examination, 14% of workers still lived in households below the lower bound official poverty line, more than a fifth lived below the upper bound official poverty line, and more than a third of workers lived in households with just enough income to cover the minimum of their most basic needs. The poverty gap decreased for the working poor and for the poor in general, with the expansion of social grants in the early 2000s playing a role. We find that changes in the labour market over the post-apartheid period have not added appreciably to the demonstrable income effects achieved through the expansion of the social grant system. The implications of these findings for labour market regulation and social policy are briefly considered.
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- Date Issued: 2015
Eleven Theses on Community Engagement and Universities (transcript)
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-12-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7791 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015946
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Eleven Theses on Community Engagement at Universities
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-12-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7789 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015944
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Eleven Theses on Community Engagement at Universities (presentation)
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-12-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7790 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015945
- Description: Acrobat PDFMaker 11 for PowerPoint
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Higher Education, Transformation and Lifelong Learning
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-12-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7787 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015942
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Launch of the Rhini/Grahamstown Schools Partnership
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-12-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7723 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015870
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Networking English Teachers' Conference
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-12-04
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7785 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015940
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Producing, transforming the social composition of, and retaining a new generation of academics: the Rhodes University Programme of Accelerated Development
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-12-04
- Subjects: Higher Education -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7788 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015943
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The Limits of access, success and social justice in post-1994 South African Higher Education: building the learning and teaching capabilities of universities
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-12-04
- Subjects: Higher Education -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7792 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015947
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Welcome address at the 2014 Open Access Symposium, Rhodes University
- Authors: Van der Walt, Wynand
- Date: 2014-10-21
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152713 , vital:39334
- Description: Openinig address by the Head Librarian: Technical Services, Mr Wynand van der Walt, of the 2014 Open Access Symposium, 21 October 2014, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Bishop Makgoba function, 23 February 2008
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-09-29
- Subjects: Makgoba, Thabo (1960- )
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7643 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014331
- Description: Address at the Bishop Makgoba function, 23 February 2008, Rhodes University, Grahamstown
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Welcome address at the BIO-08 Conference
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-09-29
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7642 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014330
- Description: Welcome address by the Vice-chancellor, Dr Saleem Badat, at the BIO-08 Conference, January 2008, Grahamstown, South Africa
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Message to the Old Rhodian Perth Reunion
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-09-11
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7846 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016039
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- Date Issued: 2014-09-11
Vice-Chancellor's report to Convocation
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-08-11
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7841 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016034
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- Date Issued: 2014-08-11
Electronic Resources Management
- Authors: Stoltz, Brenda , Van der Walt, Wynand
- Date: 2014-06-20
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7955 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012048
- Description: Continual Professional & Development training session on Electronic Resources Management, Grahamstown, 20 June 2014.
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- Date Issued: 2014-06-20
Vice Chancellor's 2nd circular death of a Rhodes student
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-27
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7866 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016415
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-27
Vice Chancellor's 2nd circular death of a Rhodes student
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-27
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7865 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016414
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-27
Welcome at Rhodes University Chinese speech and talent show
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-25
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7889 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016438
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-25
From innocence to epistemic reflexivity: Critical researchers and policy making in post-1990 South Africa
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-23
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7864 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016413
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-23
Version of events according to Siyanda Mati (student no.) student at Cullen Bowles
- Authors: Badat, Saleem
- Date: 2014-04-19
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:7890 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016439
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- Date Issued: 2014-04-19