Poverty, inequality and social exclusion in South Africa: a systematic assessment of key policies, strategies and flagship programmes

A dialogue forum to discuss South Africa’s integrated approach to addressing poverty, inequality and exclusion

Hosted by the National Development Agency (NDA) in partnership with the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA), University of Johannesburg

Despite notable gains since 1994, South Africa continues to face the challenges of high levels of poverty and inequality. Both the Constitution (1996) and the National Development Plan (NDP) (2011) established a broad mandate to address poverty, inequality and social exclusion. The project conducted by the Centre for Social Development in partnership with the National Development Agency aimed to assess the extent to which this mandate has been mainstreamed across all policy sectors. Both quantitatively and qualitatively, the study evaluates whether key social, economic, environmental and administrative laws, policies, strategies and flagship programmes adequately address poverty, inequality and social exclusion (with particular attention to gender, race disability status, and spatial dimensions).

The aims of the policy dialogue are to:

• summarise evidence about the state of poverty, inequality and social exclusion in South Africa
• present the study’s findings regarding the mainstreaming of poverty, inequality and social exclusion across policy documents in all sectors
• facilitate a discussion regarding the conclusion and recommendations of the study

Please join us for this policy dialogue event:

DATE: Thursday, 29 October

TIME: 11:00 – 13:00

REGISTRATION ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/93183185610

ENQUIRIES: Nthabiseng Kraai (nthabisengk@nda.org.za)