Press Releases
The Budget 2021: Slashing public expenditure places the economy at risk
The Budget 2021: Slashing public expenditure places the economy at risk...
#PayTheGrants Joint Statement: Response to State of the Nation Address extension of the COVID-19 SRD
#PayTheGrants Joint Statement: Response to State of the Nation Address extension of the COVID-19 SRD...
2020 Year In Review
The 2020 austerity budget is politically reckless and socially and economically destructive....
Press Statement: MTBPS – Mboweni moves us backwards
The 2020 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement undermines attempts to resuscitate the economy and lay the building blocks for a Just Recovery from COVID-19....
Joint Statement: Extend and increase special grants to prevent a humanitarian crisis
The 2020 austerity budget is politically reckless and socially and economically destructive....
Statement against IMF austerity
The 2020 austerity budget is politically reckless and socially and economically destructive....
BJC Submission to Finance Committees on Supplementary Budget 2020
The 2020 austerity budget is politically reckless and socially and economically destructive....
Coalition calls on Cabinet to reconsider relief grants allocation
A group of academics, civil society leaders and development partners sent a submission to the Ministers of Finance and Social Development on Freedom Day, 27 April 2020...
Over 75 economists say government can do more to mitigate the economic harm of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a massive blow to the global economy and will plunge South Africa’s economy deeper into recession....
Bold Action In The Face Of COVID-19 Economic Fallout
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a massive blow to the global economy and will plunge South Africa’s economy deeper into recession. A set of economic interventions must be introduced to complement the public health measures...
The 2020 austerity Budget: politically reckless, economically illogical
The 2020 austerity budget is politically reckless and socially and economically destructive....
2019 Year In Review
2019 was a busy year for the Institute for Economic Justice! Download our 2019 annual newsletter to see what we got up to....