This document shows the Rand value of Food Baskets and Non-Food Baskets in the North West from January 2015 to September 2015.
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The Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) decided to launch its Basic Needs Basket research programme. The Basic Needs Basket is a monthly survey of the cost of essential food and non- food items that comprise the minimum basket of goods needed for an averaged sized family to survive with a decent and healthy standard of living.
Sans titreIn a democratic society that encourages a citizen-state relationship premised on public participation in the constitution, and as a way of enabling the division of power through a system of ‘checks and balances’ between government and its citizens, it is of paramount importance that citizens understand the nature of this relationship and their respective roles. This is what the SPII Budgeting for Change Project aims to achieve at its core: to capacitate ordinary citizens with the necessary knowledge to negotiate and perform their role in this relationship.
Sans titreThis factsheet examines the enjoyment of economic and social rights in South Africa, ahead of the country’s first appearance before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in October 2018.
Sans titreThe primary purpose of this submission is to highlight areas within the selected programmes that are in need of concerted interventions in relation to budgeting and planning, following the tabling of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), the Adjustments Estimates and Adjustment Appropriations Bill by the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni on 24 October 2018.
Sans titreThis submission focuses on the in-year adjustments to expenditure. It provides a concise analysis of why government finances are so constrained. It shows that they needn’t be and provides clear and well-researched alternatives to the continued cuts and squeezes to social spending that are resulting in regression in the enjoyment of Constitutional rights.
Sans titreSix months after the beginning of the financial year, an Adjusted Budget is tabled which shows how government is planning to change its spending plans to deal with any unexpected circumstances. Unused funds, including the money from its rainy day fund and money which departments do not think that they are going to spend, are moved or removed through the Adjusted Budget.
Sans titreThe aim of this training is to ensure that government planning, programming and budgeting contributes to the advancement of gender equality and the fulfilment of women’s and girls’ rights. The objective of this manual is to enable participants to identify and adopt necessary interventions to address gender gaps in government policies, plans and budgets. We anticipate that these generic skills will be applicable at all levels of government and may be applicable in other contexts.
Sans titreThe aim of this training is to ensure that government planning, programming and budgeting contributes to the advancement of gender equality and the fulfilment of women’s and girls’ rights. The objective of this manual is to enable participants to identify and adopt necessary interventions to address gender gaps in government policies, plans and budgets. We anticipate that these generic skills will be applicable at all levels of government and may be applicable in other contexts.
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