MEDIA RELEASE: SECTION27 IS DISAPPOINTED BY YET ANOTHER MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT THAT FAILS TO CONSIDER THE HUMAN COSTS OF AUSTERITY The 2021 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) presented by new Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to Parliament on 11 November has once again affirmed government’s commitment to austerity budgeting. The deep Continue Reading
Over 200 social movements, trade unions, civil society organisations and individuals call on Parliament to reject the unconstitutional 2021 Budget and uphold human rights.
Despite some promising developments, the 2021 budget reduces real term funding to basic education and healthcare sectors in the medium term.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important it is to invest in social programmes. Many of South Africa’s public services, including the public health system, remain underfunded, despite increased investment since democracy. This exacerbates high levels of inequality, now worsened by the lockdown measures to curb the spread of the Continue Reading
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement’s outlook for the healthcare system 3 November 2020 – The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered by the Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni on 28 October 2020 aims to cement austerity budgeting – cutting government spending to reduce debt – into the budget framework for Continue Reading
SECTION27 joins over 500 organisations & academics around the world calling on IMF to stop promoting austerity in the Coronavirus recovery period
The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) has made a submission to parliament’s Select and Standing Committees on Finance titled “Budgeting in the Age of Austerity: A Five-Year Review of Budget Policies and Outcomes”. The submission looks at how entrenched austerity in the past five years has had inimical effects on health Continue Reading
South Africa risks continued failures to fulfil its human rights obligations to people if the government’s austerity policy is maintained, civil society organisations have warned at the United Nations Committee on Economic
Johannesburg / New York, 10/01/2018— SECTION27, the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), and the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) argue in a submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights…