This project set out to develop a tool with which to monitor and evaluate the progressive realisation of socio-economic rights in South Africa. The aim is twofold: firstly, to move towards an agreement on what progressive realisation of socio-economic rights means in South Africa – to what end and over what time span – and secondly, to develop a method of monitoring and evaluating progress made to date and in the future.
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This project set out to develop a tool with which to monitor and evaluate the progressive realisation of socio-economic rights in South Africa. The aim is twofold: firstly, to move towards an agreement on what progressive realisation of socio-economic rights means in South Africa – to what end and over what time span – and secondly, to develop a method of monitoring and evaluating progress made to date and in the future.
Sans titreThe Studies in Poverty & Inequality Institute (SPII) in partnership with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), which is constitutionally obliged to report annually on the defence and advancement of the rights in the Constitution, has developed a methodology based on international best practice. The methodology combines various
approaches to monitoring socio-economic rights including policy and budget analysis and statistical indicators.
This review reflects the findings of SPII’s investigation into National and Provincial budget allocations over a 5 year period 2007/08 - 2011/12.
Sans titreThis policy brief provides a synopsis of the most salient discussion through the four presentations that were delivered at the Social Dialogue, which will form the foundation for future national discussions and debates.
Sans titreThe social wage has wide currency in South Africa today in a political-policy sense but the economics and social policy
framework remain illusive, both in definition and consequently measurement. The main focus in South Africa is the role
of the social wage in alleviating poverty for those with the low or no wage income. It is viewed as an aggregation of state
provided or funded inputs which off-set the absence of wages but is also taken to mean state provided free basic services. These are generally taken to be redistributive and progressive in the effect of shifting resource allocations within society: the question remains whether these are sufficiently so. The review concludes that the absence of a coherent policy framework limits meaningful measurement of the social wage. It concludes that policy choices and prioritization is required if the social wage is to become less an aggregate of government social spending and more a distinct policy instrument.
This is the third paper published by the Social Policy Initiative (SPI) during the second half of 2022 on economic transformation.
Sans titreThis is the third paper published by the Social Policy Initiative (SPI) during the second half of 2022 on economic transformation.
Sans titreThis exercise encourages public accountability in support of the constitutional commitment to advance socio-economic rights. The relationship between the positive duties of the State in Sections 26(2) and 27(2) and the general limitations clause is a complex one. However, the State's positive duties are defined in terms of the adoption of reasonable measures, as we will see in the following section. If the State's conduct or omissions are found to be unreasonable at the outset of the constitutional inquiry, it is difficult to imagine situations in which it could still succeed in establishing a reasonable limitation of the right under Section 36.
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